[LINK] charge that Kindle infringes patent

[Jan Whitaker]

>Discovery Sues Amazon, Saying Kindle Infringes Patent
>Discovery Communications filed a patent suit against Amazon.com in 
>Federal court in Delaware, alleging that the Kindle and the ways in 
>which Amazon sells and delivers documents to the device infringes a 
>patent filed for in 1999 and awarded in November 2007 for an 
>"Electronic Book Security and Copyright Protection System." 
>Discovery general counsel Joseph A. LaSala, Jr. says in the 
>announcement, "The Kindle and Kindle 2 are important and popular 
>content delivery systems. We believe they infringe our intellectual 
>property rights, and that we are entitled to fair compensation."
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>A Discovery spokesperson underscores that they do not want an 
>injunction to stop sales of Kindle--they just want compensation. 
>(It's not clear from accounts so far why they have not sued Sony and 
>other vendors as well.) So far Amazon has not commented on the suit.
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>The release reminds readers that "Discovery Communications and 
>[founder] John S. Hendricks were significant players in the 
>development of digital content and delivery services in the 1990's. 
>Hendricks' work included inventions of a secure, encrypted system 
>for the selection, transmission, and sale of electronic books."
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>Cnet reports that "Hendricks is a bit of an inventor. In the 1990s, 
>Hendricks tried his hand at coming up with systems to digitize 
>content. He explored technologies involving the digitization of TV 
>content as well as e-book systems. In 2004, he sold the TV patents 
>but Discovery kept the e-reader patents." The full complaint, which 
>includes the lengthy patent filing, is posted 
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