From Good Morning Silicon Valley…

EBay started off the week on a high note this morning when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with it in its long-running patent scuffle with MercExchange …. Saying a permanent injunction against the use of infringing technology need not be automatically issued once it is determined that a patent has been infringed, the high court unanimously set aside a ruling that would have barred eBay from using patented technology owned by MercExchange and ordered a lower court to reconsider the matter. The ruling is a victory not just for eBay, but for any tech company accosted by a patent troll hoping that the threat of a court injunction will win it an easy settlement…