Category: Law Suit
Thoughts on Amazon, the Kindle Platform, and the Anti-Amazon Publisher Defense
The ongoing conversation regarding the DOJ suit against five of the Big 6 publishers and Apple has at times been even more interesting than the case itself in what it…
Kindle Owners Win Big With First DOJ Publisher Settlement
The first major change in eBook pricing to come about since the launch of the iPad is at hand. The U.S. Department of Justice has already negotiated settlements with three…
Agency Model Set To Fall! Kindle Book Prices Will Follow Suit
Not much is known at this time about what options are being discussed by the publishers under attack by the Justice Department. We do have good information that there are…
Arguing that Amazon’s Behavior Justifies Agency Model Price Fixing is Idiotic
Since the rise of the Agency Model that Apple made possible for publishers in a partnership surrounding the release of the iBooks application and store for the original iPad (a…
Amazon Kindle vs Acacia: Patent Troll Tries Again
By now Kindle users have become familiar with the idea of sponsored screen savers on their eReaders when the devices are on standby. They are generally unobtrusive, don’t get in…
Kindle Success Spurs Apple To New eBook Moves
Recent reports indicate that later this month we can expect to see Apple host a press conference related to, of all things, eBooks. After news that the Kindle Fire has…
Has The Kindle Fire Opened Amazon To Patent Lawsuits?
Up until now, Amazon has done a fairly good job of avoiding patent lawsuits. Sure, they’ve run into a few over search technology and such, but overall they’ve been small…
Kindle Under Attack From Discovery
On Wednesday, Discovery Patent Holdings LLC filed a lawsuit against Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) over the use of technology related to the distribution of, and securing of, digital texts that Discovery feels falls…
Kindle DX accessibility lawsuit settled
When Amazon Kindle DX with 9.7″ eInk screen was announced it was dubbed “academic eReader”. Academic publications and textbooks don’t display well on a smaller 6″ screen. When the device…
Orwell Lawsuit is Over: Amazon Paying $150,000
In the swarm of controversy around Amazon’s book-deletion, Amazon managed to mostly finish cleaning things up with their customers. One thread left unresolved, however, had been the the lawsuit. A…