Legal Opinion
eBay, Inc. v. Bidder's Edge, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 24, 2000No. C-99-21200RMWPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
WHYTE, District Judge.
Plaintiff eBay, Inc.’s (“eBay”) motion for preliminary injunction was heard by the court on April 14, 2000. The court has read the moving and responding papers 1 and heard the argument of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, the court preliminarily enjoins defendant Bidder’s Edge, Inc. (“BE”) from accessing eBay’s computer systems by use of any automated querying program without eBay’s written authorization.
I. BACKGROUND
eBay is an Internet-based, person-to-person trading site. (Jordan Decl. ¶ 3.) eBay offers sellers the ability…
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