Articles by Raymond Van Dyke

Results 20-23 of 23 for Raymond Van Dyke
ANALYSIS

eBay Ruling Puts Patent Rights Under the Microscope

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of eBay in a longstanding patent dispute withMercExchange. In particular, the Court reversed the appeals court's interpretation regarding the granting of an injunction in a patent infringement suit For well over a hundred years, patentees, in addition to recovering monetary damages for infringement, ...

OPINION

BlackBerries, Patents and the Public Good

As the recent BlackBerry case focused the world's eyes on the arcane field of patents, I was reminded of the 1999 Amazon.com "one click" case, which caused so many to condemn the U.S. patent system.At that time, critics called the system "broken" and a "disincentive to innovation." Now, the system is under attack again, merely because our BlackBerries were threatened...

BlackBerry Blues Riff Keeps on Playing

I admit it, I've got a problem Smaller than a wallet, this little black box comprises my phone and Internet connection, sending a continuous stream of e-mail and news. In the mornings it wakes me to the tinny sound of "El Toreador" or "The Entertainer," automatically adjusting to the local time zone. My wife calls it "the other woman" and claims ...

E-Commerce Times Channels