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hey super,

I don't know where your coming from so I'll just call it as I see it.

you said "The key to eBay isn't the "idea". It's the investment of time and effort into implementation and marketing."

To which I reply that you are dead wrong. Why?

First the constitution of the US, which grants a patent where the rights to a MONOPOLY to the patent holder (whether it be idea, implementation, prototype etc.) who is the first to conceive and apply; not first to file as in so many other countries, the first to conceive and apply.

Second, E-bay made the BIG mistake of not checking prior art for their little unoriginal idea. The mistake cost them $5 mil. Their loss the patent holders gain. So the constitution says your wrong, patent law says your wrong, the trial judge syas your wrong, and now the Supreme Court says your wrong. So actually that makes you wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong. You must get a clue.

PS if your little idea for RAM to bus is novel, and teaches new art - then patent it.

The problem is no one would be interested in it as you stated.

You would never get an E-bay to infringe, but if they did you could sue and win if they were dumb enough to try and implement it without license from you.

Lurking'