Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, March 27, 2006.

"Bidz.com Files for IPO of Up to $57.5M," (AP), LA Times, 3/20/06
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http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/wire/sns-ap-bidz.com-ipo,1,1045538.story

"Dinner with the FT: Auction man," By Fergal Byrne, Financial Times, 3/24/06
http://digbig.com/4gxfk

"eBay's Rhine Gold: Thousands of German startups are using the auction site to sell goods," By Jack Ewing, with Robert D. Hof, Businessweek, 4/3/06 edition
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_14/b3978061.htm

"Car scammers target Web buyers, sellers," By Lisa Goddard, CNN, 3/26/06
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/03/26/goddard.carscams

"The McNamara Report: A Camera With “eBay” Mode? What's Next?" by Michael J. McNamara, Popular Photography, March 2006
http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=5&article_id=1806

"Commentary: Crushing Small Innovators," by Roy Mark,Internet News, 3/24/06
http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3594146

"Editorial Comment: A patent injustice," Financial Times, 3/27/06
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/458bbf44-bd2d-11da-bdf6-0000779e2340.html

"Patent system under scrutiny: BlackBerry case highlights complaints, backlog of applications," By VICTOR GODINEZ, The Dallas Morning News, 3/26/06
http://digbig.com/4gxfs