US high court vacates eBay patent dispute ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set aside a patent injunction against online auctioneer eBay, but also rejected a key argument made by the company that could have narrowed the rights of patent holders.

The high court unanimously vacated an appeals court ruling in favor of MercExchange, a developer of e-commerce technology that sued eBay for patent infringement, saying an appeals court had failed to apply the proper legal test in deciding whether MercExchange should be granted an injunction barring eBay from using its technology.

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