Veilingsite eBay condemned for patentschending
Spent: 7 augusts 2003 13.17 SAN FRANCISCO - the
veilingsite eBay must pay 29.5 million dollar damages to an American
inventor because of robber stable of its ideas. A federal court
in the American state Virginia has stipulated that Wednesday, thus
communicated the washington posts. The patenthouder, a former
employee of the CIA, a prohibition on the use of its technology eBay
had required. The judge saw here as from because the man no
irreparable damage will have suffered. Technology where it goes
is the Buy it now'-optie those Internet users able puts goods to buy
against fixed prices. The online handelsplaats get in a quarter
of the turnover. The total turnover of the company was in 2002,
wide 14 billion dollar. The jury recommended year earlier this
damages of 35 millions knowing dollar to the inventor. Both eBay
and the inventor lodge an appeal. The site eBay has been also
represented for two years in the Netherlands. According to data
which the web sale by auction announced Thursday, eBay.nl have average
100,000 visitors per day. By means of the Internet site daily
3000 operations take place. (c) DUTCH PRESS AGENCY
Source "Veilingsite eBay condemned for patentschending": nu.nl
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