Re:Face Value? (Score 1)

Yes, but in the article, it shows he filed the patent in 1995, was granted it in 1998, and E-Bay contacted him to talk about licensing it in 2000. This does not sound like some johnny-come-lately trying to cash in on someone else's work. I can't comment on the validitiy of this case (not being a patent lawyer) but this one seems different, as he has been protecting his patent since 1995. This one strikes me as different from some company buying up and old patent, or someone filing a patent of dubious worth-DP