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The US Supreme Court on Wednesday plans to hear arguments in a patent case involving online auctioneer eBay that is part of a wider struggle between the software and pharmaceutical industries over the future of the US patent system.
Lawyers for eBay and small ecommerce company MercExchange will square off over whether eBay should be barred from using its popular “Buy it Now” feature, which infringes on two MercExchange patents.
The case is being closely watched to see if the high court will scale back the right of patent holders to get an injunction barring infringers from using their technologies.

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Posted: 03|29|06 at 7:14 am. Filed under: eBay Auctions.