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Supreme Court of the United States
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E
B
AY
I
NC
.
AND
H
ALF
.
COM
.,
 
I
NC
.,
Petitioners,
v.M
ERC
E
XCHANGE
,
 
L.L.C.,
 Respondent.
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Petition for a Writ of Certiorarito the United States Court of Appealsfor the Federal Circuit
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PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
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A
LLAN
M.
 
S
OOBERT
C
ARTER
G.
 
P
HILLIPS
*S
KADDEN
,
 
A
RPS
,
 
S
LATE
, S
IDLEY
A
USTIN
B
ROWN
&M
EAGHER
&
 
F
LOM
LLP W
OOD LLP
 1440 New York Avenue 1501 K Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20005 Washington, D.C. 20005(202) 371-7000 (202) 736-8000J
EFFREY
G.
 
R
ANDALL
J
AY
M
ONAHAN
 S
KADDEN
,
 
A
RPS
,
 
S
LATE
,
E
B
AY
I
NC
.M
EAGHER
&
 
F
LOM
LLP 2145 Hamilton Avenue525 University Avenue San Jose, California 95125Suite 1100 (408) 376-7400Palo Alto, California 94301(650) 470-4500
Counsel for Petitioners
July 25, 2005 * Counsel of Record
 
 (i)
QUESTION PRESENTED
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in setting forth a generalrule in patent cases that a district court must, absentexceptional circumstances, issue a permanent injunction aftera finding of infringement.
 
ii
PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDINGS
In addition to the parties named in the caption, ReturnBuy,Inc. was initially a defendant in this action. Prior to trial,ReturnBuy, Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection and settledwith respondent MercExchange, L.L.C.Petitioner eBay Inc. has no parent corporation, and no otherpublicly held corporation owns more than 10% of its stock.Petitioner Half.com, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Petitioner eBay Inc., which is a publicly held corporation.
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