EBay Persuades Judge to End Auction 'Monopoly' Suit by Sellers

March 06, 2010, 12:03 AM EST

By Andrew M. Harris

March 6 (Bloomberg) -- EBay Inc., operator of the most visited U.S. e-commerce site, no longer faces a lawsuit by three sellers claiming it monopolizes the online auctions market and the means to pay for goods bought there.

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel in San Jose, California, ruled the sellers failed to show that they -- or anyone else -- had been injured by EBay's alleged behavior.

"Plaintiffs have not drawn the courts attention to any actual proof of antitrust injury caused by EBay," Fogel said in his March 4 decision throwing out the case.

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