#nWi: CHIP Online - News - PayPal und eBay verletzen angeblich AT&T-Patent #WWr: eBay zahlt für Patent-Verletzung #per: Espacenet version #WdW: European Version of the AT&T Patent, granted 1999-04-14. #Won: The title of the US patent is %(q:Mediation of transactions by a communications system). #ePP: It takes time before patents are acted on -- it is only in the news today that AT&T are suing eBay and PayPal over e-payment systems; but the European version of the patent (EP 0501697) was granted back in April 1999. #descr: AT&T has sued PayPal and eBay for infringing on patent US5329589. This is a patent on, among other things, performing online credit card transactions with the help of a credit card processor. This patent has also already been granted in Europe as EP0501697 #title: AT&T Sues PayPal and eBay for Patent Infringement # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /ul/prg/src/mlht/app/swpat/swpatlisri.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@a2e.de ; # login: phm ; # passwd: YYYYY ; # feature: swpatdir ; # dok: att031121 ; # txtlang: en ; # multlin: t ; # End: ;