eBay, Inc. (“eBay”) owns and operates a website that allows buyers to purchase goods either through an auction-style format or at a fixed price via the “Buy it Now” feature. See MercExchange, LLC v. eBay, Inc., 401 F.3d 1323, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2005)....
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A patent grants the patent holder the exclusive right to exclude others from making, using, importing, and selling the patented innovation for a limited period of time. The U.S. Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., was enacted by Congress...