The jury has spoken and eBay has been found guilty of patent infringement.
BuyItNow was patented in 1995 by some former CIA spook. There has to be a conspiracy in there somewhere.
triple damages = 105 mil.
I wonder how many Pez dispensers eBay will have to sell to pay that bill?
Maybe the US Patent office should auction off patents for things like breathing and drinking coffee. The proceeds could be used for deficit reduction and or maybe increased funding for congressional staff and supplies.
I really hope Congress likes to use the BuyItNow feature.
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Tom The Architect 
I have plenty of comments about your candid remarks. The government is not conspiracy driven as you are alluding to. Have a nice day:)
I saw that you have a page that discusses patent-related resources at http://www.tomcarroll.org/index.php?p=4. I wanted to suggest adding http://www.freepatentsonline.com to the page. This web site has free PDF downloading (instead of having to page through TIFFs like at the US PTO). It is by far the best free patent searching site.