2004-06-03 E-Bay Executives: Patents are driving up costs at E-Bay
BBC cites E-Bay executives as saying about the patent system: "It's driven eBay's costs up and it diverts time and resources from building the world's greatest ecommerce platform. There are dollars spent on lawyers". This quote possibly comes from the FTC hearings of 2003.
E-Bay executives say: "It's driven eBay's costs up and it diverts time and resources from building the world's greatest ecommerce platform. There are dollars spent on lawyers"
A group of top executives of large companies are gathering to put together recommendations to reform the patent system.
This quote may be taken from the FTC report of 2003.
