The problem is that the patent was granted, and the other companies ignored it. If the patent shouldn't have been given then change the patent system or don't allow patents to be sold and bought.
The patent in question shows a method to implement the screen saver. If amazon is doing this, then they should pay.
Can a reader be considered a PC? If you compare it to what a PC was in 1998, I think that that is a yes.
|