eBay Sued over Anonymous Buyer-Seller Communications Service

Byteborne Technologies Ltd. has filed suit against eBay (1:18-cv-00931), asserting a single patent generally related to facilitating anonymous communications between devices. The new complaint accuses eBay of infringement through the provision of features that allow buyers and sellers to communicate anonymously using email. Byteborne is incorporated in the United Kingdom and is controlled by the named inventor of the asserted patent, Edward Yaw Asiedu.