[jess35]

Don't you think there's a problem with issued patents being too broad?

[LurkingSince'98]

I think there are good patents and bad patents, patents that are too broad and patents that are too narrow.

The thing about patents is that are they are no good until they are adjudicated, tried and found by a court of competent jurisdiction, to be good and valuable and infringed upon. When that happens you have a good patent. Until then you just have a patent.

The patent in the article is about as good as it gets. Maybe E-bay disagrees; but(too bad - so sad) they LOST in court.

Lurking'