Defendant
1 case as defendant.
eBay Inc. is a publicly traded e-commerce corporation founded in 1995 as AuctionWeb. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol EBAY. For its 2025 fiscal year, eBay reported revenue of $11.1 billion and had approximately 12,300 employees. The company is a component of the S&P 500 index.
eBay operates a global online marketplace that connects millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets. The platform facilitates both consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales through an auction-style format as well as "Buy It Now" instant sales. The company's primary revenue sources are transaction fees charged to sellers and promoted listing advertisements. Its marketplace offers a wide array of goods, including electronics, automotive parts, fashion, collectibles, and home goods.
Based on its litigation history, eBay is an operating company that defends itself against patent infringement claims. The company has been tracked as a defendant in one patent case and has not been recorded as a plaintiff. This posture is typical of large technology companies that are targeted by patent assertion entities.
The single tracked case, EXPRESS MOBILE, INC. v. eBay Inc., was filed in the Delaware District Court in 2018. The plaintiff, Express Mobile, Inc., has engaged in litigation against numerous other major technology companies, including Meta, Google, and Shopify, over patents related to website generation technology.
Express Mobile, Inc. filed a patent infringement suit against eBay Inc. in the Delaware District Court. The case was ultimately dismissed.