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IBM sues Amazon over patent claims

Caroline McCarthy CNET News.com

Published: 23 Oct 2006 16:50 BST

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IBM has targeted Amazon.com with two patent infringement lawsuits filed on Monday, claiming that the online retail giant is willfully exploiting a number of its patents.

The patents deal with intellectual property issues ranging from advertising to hyperlink technology to electronic catalogues. Financial information concerning the magnitude of the damages was not disclosed.

IBM filed its suits in Texas' eastern district, which is known for expedient patent infringement trials: It played host to some of Vonage's numerous legal battles and to a settlement last month between Nortel Networks and Ciena.

A statement from IBM asserts that the company had been attempting to resolve the patent issues with Amazon since September of 2002.

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