Wednesday, March 29, 2006

eBay: SCOTUS Justices Skeptical of Curtailing Patent Rights

A Reuters newswire article, via The Washington Post, reports that:

U.S. Supreme Court justices showed little inclination to scale back the rights of patent holders, sharply questioning arguments made by lawyers representing online auctioneer eBay Inc.

During oral arguments before the high court on Wednesday, several of the justices expressed skepticism about eBay's contention that a federal appeals court had made it too easy for patent owners to get injunctions barring the use of their technologies.

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