Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, July 10, 2006.

"eBay v. MercExchange - on Remand," Posted by Dennis Crouch on the Patently-O blog, 7/7/06 http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/07/ebay_v_mercexch.html

"Hammer and Tong ; South Korea's Battle of the Online Auctioneers," By Moon Ihlwan and Rob Hof, The Independent on Sunday, 7/9/06
http://www.blackenterprise.com/yb/ybopen.asp?section=ybem&story_id=95316801&ID=blackenterprise

"Google Checkout Could Boost Ebay," by R.M. Schneiderman, Forbes, 7/5/06
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2006/07/05/google-ebay-0705markets12.html

"Child's Play? Amazon Takes On Toys," by Mary Crane, Forbes, 7/5/06
http://digbig.com/4kthk

"EBay's Not Ready for Prime Time: Site Passes on Reality-TV Deal Due to Lack of Brand Control," by Marc Graser, Advertising Age, 7/10/06
http://adage.com/article?article_id=110360

"eBay India and NASSCOM launch the eBay eCommerce Guide," Press release, 7/7/06
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/company_news/Corporate/9081.html

"Shopping.com, Shopzilla, and NexTag BEWARE of Google Checkout," by Brian Smith, 7/6/06
http://digbig.com/4ktrn

"mpire's CEO Matt Hulett on Scaling Consumer Empowerment Quickly + His DIY PR Efforts," posted by Garrett French on the Search Engine Lowdown blog, 7/6/06
http://digbig.com/4ktxn

"Google Checkout vs. eBay PayPal: Schmidt and Whitman "best relationship"?" Posted by Donna Bogatin on ZDnet's Digital Micro-markets blog, 7/9/06
http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/index.php?p=214

"StyleFeeder’s an e-shopper sounding board: Site’s hip to hottest products," By Jesse Noyes, Boston Herald, 7/6/06
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=147092

"When that eBay steal is a fake: Designer fashion counterfeits major headachE for consumers, manufacturers," by Loretta Chao, (Wall Street Journal), Spokesman-Review, 7/9/06
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/business/story.asp?ID=138952

"Dude ranchers were "sitting on a gold mine,"" by Jane Hoback and Gil Rudawsky, Rocky Mountain News, 78/06
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/business_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_82_4830344,00.html

"For eBay, Departures Underscore a Risky Time," by Katie Hafner, New York Times, 7/10/06
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/technology/10ebay.html