The Economic Times
Media company Discovery Communications Inc has sued Amazon.com, accusing the online retailer's Kindle of infringing its patent on electronic book technology.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in US District Court in Delaware, marks another blow for a closely watched gadget that has drawn fire from publishers that say Amazon is trying to avoid paying royalties.
The lawsuit claims that Amazon, in two versions of its Kindle, has infringed one or more of the claims on a patent that Discovery founder John Hendricks received in November 2007.
The patent deals with encryption technology for the distribution of digital books.
Amazon launched the second version of its digital e-reader last month. The wireless device, which retails for $359, has been closely watched by gadget lovers and touted by Amazon as the future of book reading. It first came to the market in November 2007.
An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Discovery, which is not a competitor to Amazon and is best known for its Discovery channel on U.S. cable television, is seeking damages and a royalty to compensate it "for any future infringement" of the patent.
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