SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ On a typically sultry summer afternoon in the nation's capital, eBay attorney Andrew Kumamoto walked into a conference room to talk patents with a Virginia inventor. That ...

EBay is moving away from its traditional laissez-faire approach regarding buyer and seller interactions on its marketplace, and instead will get more involved in transaction disputes. Starting around ...

EBay has settled a patent dispute with MercExchange that in 2006 was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, which sided with the online auction house in what is considered to be an important ruling on ...

Bay (NasdaqGS:EBAY) has settled a high profile harassment lawsuit involving company employees and executives, closing a multi year legal dispute. The case had drawn wide attention to eBay's internal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is now hearing arguments in eBay v. MercExchange. It is not examining the underlying dispute between the two firms — indeed, MercExchange has successfully challenged eBay’s use ...