Tag: lawsuit
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…
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…
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…
Amazon vs Apple App Store Battle Sees More Success In Germany Than US
The success of any Tablet PC is pretty much going to depend on the usefulness of the associated application offerings. It would be hard to argue that this is anything…