Re: Buying Intellectual Property Such as Patents from an Online Auction

On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, David P. Dillard <jwne[_at_]astro.ocis.temple.edu> wrote:
>
> Source: New York Times (NYT)
> Author: SABRA CHARTRAND
>
> Aficionados of eBay, one of the most popular and successful
> commercial sites on the Internet, often spend hours scrolling through
> lists of items offered for sale there, submitting bids for antiques,
> computer equipment, art, furniture and even cars. But so far, no one
> has tried to auction any intellectual property -- patents,
> trademarks or copyrights -- on the vast site.

That's not correct. A month or two ago, I was just kind of curious and was looking for stuff related to patent and copyright on Ebay. There was at least one seller selling his patent; I think there were two.

(Off-topic, there were also people selling a number of copies of patents, especially design patents to Star Wars toys; but I realize we're talking here about patent rights, not the paper copies.)

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