Re:Business Method vs. Business Technology Patents (Score 1)

Maybe the real patent is on taking advantage of people's stupidify. But that begs the question: Could eBay get around the patent by changing the site so that if a user enters a bid higher than the "Buy It Now" price it automatically tells the user that the bid is higher than the BIN price and gives the user the option to purchase the item at the BIN price. That's assuming the patent is for a system similar to eBay's current rules (i.e. Bids can be higher than BIN price) If it's not, then could eBay argue that they are using a different business practice than what the patent covers?