eBay users who filed an antitrust lawsuit against eBay and PayPal will not have their day in court. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted eBay's motion for summary judgment, dismissing a lawsuit filed by several eBay users alleging anti-competitive activity by eBay and PayPal.

The litigation had been ongoing since 2007 when three sellers filed lawsuits, including Michael Malone, whose lawsuit alleged that eBay utilized monopoly power to restrict the payment methods sellers could use (eBay owns PayPal).

There were interesting revelations about eBay and its competitors during the two and a half years of discovery leading up to Thursday's final ruling. The Plaintiffs' claimed that eBay had entered into an agreement with Yahoo in 2006, dubbed "Project Unity," in order to form a united front to disadvantage Google Checkout.

The plaintiffs also alleged that eBay tried to work with Amazon.com to block Google Checkout and Bill Me Later. Amazon.com later launched its own payment service.

The judge said plaintiff's lawyers did not provide enough evidence for him to deny eBay's motion for summary judgement. More details and a link to the judge's order granting eBay's motion for summary judgment is found on the AuctionBytes Blog.