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[ PRIVACY Forum ] "Shopping cart" patent rolls to a halt at the
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"Shopping cart" patent rolls to a halt at the Supreme Court
http://j.mp/1fviGlK (Ars Technica)
The company that pushed an "online shopping cart" patent into the
courts-and successfully made tens of millions of dollars off
it-has finally been stopped. Despite losing on appeal last year
to online retailer Newegg, Soverain Software pushed ahead with an
attempted en banc appeal, and then, surprisingly, a Supreme Court
petition. In its petition (PDF), Soverain argued that the US Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had inappropriately usurped the
jury's power, considering not just legal standards but actually
ruling on the fact. That deprived Soverain of its Seventh
Amendment right to a jury trial, its lawyers argued.
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