E-Commerce Times - "eBay Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets in $3.8B Patent Suit"

"eBay Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets in $3.8B Patent Suit," a July 14, 2010 article in E-Commerce Times, features commentary from GPC's Alexander Poltorak. "When juries can't understand the technology in dispute or the nuances of patent law, they try to simply figure who are the 'good guys' and who are the 'bad guys,'" Dr. Poltorak says regarding the difficulty eBay faces in winning a jury trial against XPRT, which has accused eBay of stealing trade secrets.

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