Thread: Is the Amazon Kindle infringing patents?
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Old 08-31-2009, 06:48 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic View Post
Amazon is being sued by Discovery Communications, the parent company of the Discovery Channel, for infringing one of their patents, referred to as "Electronic book security and copyright protection system."

According to Ars Technica:



There are more similarities described in the patent that could also be describing Amazon's current system in use for the Kindle. For instance, the patent describes "a portable book-shaped viewer" that "is used for secure viewing of the text" and goes on explaining how it can be used to receive a "created, transmitted list of titles of available electronic books."

You can view the patent in question over here. The complaint is also available online, over here (PDF).

Thanks to Mycropht and Treadstone71 for reporting to us the news!
Discovery has filed a new patent for their ebook reader.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news...ookstores.html

Patent here:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...AS/MD&RS=AS/MD
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