eBay in Patent Fight Over 'Buy It Now'
June 13, 2007 By SONJA BARISIC, Associated Press Writer
Greg Stillman, a lawyer for Virginia based company, MercExchange LLC , speaks outside the Federal Court Building in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, June 12, 2007. The small Virginia company is in court to stop the online auction company, eBay, Inc., from using its "Buy-It-Now" feature. MercExchange LLC is suing eBay for using a patented feature in a case that was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Gary C. Knapp)
(AP) -- A small Virginia company in a patent fight with eBay Inc. asked a federal judge Tuesday to stop the online auction powerhouse from using its "Buy It Now" feature allowing shoppers to buy items at a fixed price.
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