EBay Loses Bid To Ditch Patent Fight Over Search Feature

By Kat Greene (August 13, 2013, 7:25 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a suit alleging eBay Inc. violated MasterObjects Inc.'s patent for Internet search fields that fill out likely answers as users type in letters, rejecting eBay's argument that the patent language wasn't specific enough to be enforceable....

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