Acacia sues Amazon over Fire

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Submission + - Acacia sues Amazon over Fire (cnet.com)

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walterbyrd

on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @06:20PM

walterbyrd writes: "A company called Smartphone Technologies filed the suit last Friday in Texas Eastern District Court accusing the Fire tablet of violating four of its patents. Smartphone Technologies is owned by Acacia Research, a firm that buys and licenses patents and is seen by many as a patent troll."

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