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eBay whacked with giant patent suit

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Yup - what a two-faced lyin POS

She was gung ho for the AZ stop-and-deport law until she routed Poizner for the GOP nomination. The next day she flip flopped on immigration. About the only certainty with her ensconced would be a CA version of the Bush II tax cuts for the rich.

Naturally, she'll use her influence to bail her children out of trouble.

http://sfist.com/2010/06/16/meg_whitmans_son_physically_abuses.php

Whether it's Bloomberg running NYC or this piece of work running CA, it's a bad idea to let billionaires set the agenda for the rest of us. :(

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Good question, but the facts extant are more compelling.

Rebel - that was my first reaction. But, we don't know whether there have been settlement discussions over the years between the two sides, and whether a key piece of evidence has surfaced, making the suit viable. The timeliness issue was undoubtedly argued--and lost--by the defendant to the court in an attempt for summary judgment.

The notorious patent infringement case against Ford [Kearns v. Ford Motor Co., 203, U.S.P.Q. 884, 888 (E.D.Mich. 1978)] took twelve years to adjudicate, because these companies have the resources to drag out the process until the plaintiff either tires of the delays, runs out of resources, or drops dead.

The overriding facts here are the patents held by the plaintiff which were applied for several times by--and refused to--the defendant.

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Attention California Voters -- Don't Vote for Meg-A-Phony Whitman

She spent her way to the GOP nomination, and wouldn't talk to the media, or debate her opponents. The California Governorship is just another ego trip for this b*tch.

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