Tag archive: Mike Jacobson

Online auction giant eBay has filed suit against online classified service Craigslist, claiming Craigslist took unilateral actions that dilted eBay's ownership of Craigslist by more than 10 percent. Back in 2004, eBay bought a 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist; although the suit is filed under seal in a Delaware Chancery Court, eBay is asking the court to rescind unspecified actions by Craigslist's board of directors.… Read More

eBay has finally managed to put an end to its long-running patent battle with MercExchange, announcing the company would be paying MercExchange an undisclosed amount to license all three patents at the heart of MercExchange's lawsuit. The lawsuit dates all the way back to 2001, and managed to track all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court where eBay emerged victorious in what's still considered a major intellectual property ruling… Read More