Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, March 20, 2006.

"Lawsuit alleges Google improperly banishes Web sites," (AP), Mercury News, 3/17/06
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14125988.htm

"PowerSellers A Force For Ebay," by David Utter, WebProNews, 3/17/06
http://digbig.com/4gtes

"Ebay v. MercExchange: EBay's Reply Brief," posted by Dennis Crouch on the Patently-O blog on 3/19/06
http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2006/03/ebay_v_mercexch_1.html

"Susman Godfrey Files Amici Curiae Brief In eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange L.L.C. Supreme Court Case on Behalf of Nation’s Top Inventors," on company website of Susman Godfrey, March 10, 2006
http://www.susmangodfrey.com/news/2006-03-AmiciCuriaeBrief.htm

"Microsoft Takes on Craigslist in the Battle for Classified Ads," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 3/20/06
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/technology/20ecom.html

"ABC And Alibaba Expand Online Payment Certificates," ChinaTechNews, 3/20/06
http://digbig.com/4gtrk

"Alibaba spent USD 750 mln on VC pay outs and staff after Yahoo! deal, says CEO," Interfax, 3/20/06
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=11163

"Stolen goods on eBay led to teens," InsideBayArea.com, 3/20/06
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_3620835

"iSold It to open first UK store," Scotsman, 3/20/06
http://business.scotsman.com/media.cfm?id=438322006

"The internet solution to the recycling problem," By Martin Hickman, Independent, 3/20/06
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article352372.ece

"eBay Watch: Seeing Green," By Devin Comiskey, Ecommerce-Guide, 3/17/06
http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/essentials/ebay/article.php/3592411

"Swimming With Sharks: With more people buying goods on online auction sites, crooks are getting even more aggressive," By Benjamin Sutherland, Newsweek International, 3/20/06
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11900480/site/newsweek