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Just when you thought Amazon was getting fat and happy over the Kindle, Discovery has slapped a suit on them to bring them back to reality.
Reuters says that Discovery Communications, owners of the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, claims to have a patent on e-book technology. It has something to do with encryption, and a patent that Discovery founder John Hendricks received in November 2007.
Of course, that just happens to be the same month that Amazon introduced its first Kindle. So, why did they wait over a year to file suit? Did they think the e-Book thing was going to blow over?
Discovery wants damages as well as a future piece of the pie. There's no word on whether they will start sniffing around Sony next. -- Rachel Cericola
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