Discovery Sues Amazon over Kindle
Gregory T. Huang3/18/09
Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA), the owner of Discovery Channel and other TV networks and websites, has filed a lawsuit against Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), alleging that the Kindle and Kindle 2 infringe on a Discovery patent issued in 2007 for e-book security and copyright protection. Discovery is seeking an unspecified amount of compensation.
Gregory T. Huang is Xconomy's National IT Editor and the Editor of Xconomy Boston. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com, call him at 617-252-7323, or follow him on Twitter at @gthuang.
