Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, December 12, 2005.

"CATCHING UP WITH HENRY GOMEZ: EBAY FINDS ITS VOICE - POINT MAN FOR SKYPE HAS HIGH HOPES FOR U.S. MARKET," By Jessie Seyfer, Mercury News, 12/11/05
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/13382504.htm

"Skype 2.0 eats its young," posted by Om Malik in his blog, 12/1/05
http://gigaom.com/2005/12/01/skype-20-eats-its-young

"Why just phone someone when you can Skype?" By Mike Wendland, DETROIT FREE PRESS, 12/11/05
http://digbig.com/4fqgg

"Patent Compulsory Licensing System," Posted by Dennis Crouch on his Patently-O blog, 12/9/05
http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2005/12/patent_compulso.html

"Shortage of a fad item fuels frenzy," by Nick Wingfield and Robert A. Guth, (Wall Street Journal), Nwanews, 12/9/05
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/139067