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Us court rules against Amazon Kindle And music apps are not infringing

2023-10-11

By report, In the latest legal battle, Amazon has won, A federal jury in Delaware ruled in favor of the tech giant, Call Amazon Music (Amazon Music) and Kindle Some features in the e-reader application do not constitute patent infringement. Specifically speaking, These features are related to searching for lyrics and specific snippets in audiobooks.

The legal dispute goes back 2018 years, When the inventor Kurt．Evans (Curt Evans) The company of TrackTime File a lawsuit against Amazon, Accused Amazon of violating TrackTime the 2 A patent, this 2 The patent relates to the synchronization of text and audio. 2021 years, U. S. District Judge Marilyn．Norreka (Maryellen Noreika) One of the patents was declared invalid.

TrackTime Argue for Amazon Music X-Ray Lyric function sum Kindle the "Immersive reading with sound" (Allows users to read e-books while listening to audiobooks) Constitutes infringement of another patent. Go by 5 Days of full trial, The jury came to a conclusion, Amazon's technology does not infringe the patent.

TrackTime The expert witness said, If Amazon is found guilty of patent infringement, May need to bear up to 6070 $10, 000 liability. This huge figure is based on an estimate of the royalties Amazon may owe for using the patented technology. however, jury 2023 years 9 month 19 It ruled that Amazon did not infringe patent rights, And the patent itself is invalid, This effectively eliminates this potential financial liability. (Be compiled from goodereader. com)

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