Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, August 8, 2006.

"Yahoo Taiwan Puts Auction Fees on Hold," CIO, 8/7/06
http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=23693

"Taiwan market: Yahoo! Kimo delays start of 3% transaction charge," by Kaddy Chung and Adam Hwang, DigiTimes.com, 8/7/06
http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20060807A7050.html

"TV Execs Bash eBay Ad Auction Plan," by David Goetzl and Wayne Friedman, MediaPost, 8/7/06
http://digbig.com/4mgar

"Hatch-Leahy Patent Reform Proposal," posted by John Palfrey of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School on his blog, 8/7/06
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/08/07/hatch-leahy-patent-reform-proposal