The plaintiff in the suit, XPRT Ventures, claims that eBay filched trade secrets from XPRT patent applications that it then worked into PayPal technology. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on Digital Media.
The eBay-owned transaction system can now be used to buy Facebook ads and "credits"--another indication that Facebook has changed its e-commerce plans from wanting to beat PayPal at its own game.
AP - The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week.