rewrite this content material and produce paragraphs New Amazon Kindle Fire HDX eight.9 Tablets are displayed through a launch occasion in New York September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Obtain Licensing RightsSummaryCompaniesLaw FirmsAmazon did not infringe invalid media “seeking” patent, jury saysExpert estimated Amazon could owe additional than $60 million in damagesSept 19 (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) on Tuesday convinced a Delaware federal jury that capabilities of its Amazon Music and Kindle e-reader apps for “seeking” certain components of song lyrics and audiobooks did not infringe a Virginia inventor’s patent.The jury stated following a 5-day trial that Amazon’s technologies did not infringe a patent covering a “remote handle for multimedia seeking” owned by inventor Curt Evans’ TrackTime.The jury also determined that the patent was invalid.Representatives for Amazon and TrackTime did not straight away respond to requests for comment on the verdict.TrackTime sued Amazon in 2018 for infringing two of Evans’ patents connected to synchronizing text to audio. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika invalidated one particular of the patents in 2021.TrackTime told the jury that Amazon Music’s X-Ray Lyrics function and Kindle’s Audible Immersion Reading, which permits a user to study an ebook and listen to its audiobook version at the identical time, infringed the remaining patent.A TrackTime specialist estimated that Amazon owed a maximum of $60.7 million in damages for the alleged infringement, according to court filings.The case is TrackTime LLC v. Amazon.com Solutions LLC, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, No. 1:18-cv-01518.For TrackTime: Robert Greenspoon and William Flachsbart of Dunlap Bennett & LudwigFor Amazon: David Hadden, Saina Shamilov, Ravi Ranganath, Todd Gregorian and Melanie Mayer of Fenwick & WestReporting by Blake Brittain in WashingtonOur Requirements: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.Obtain Licensing Rights, opens new tabBlake Brittain reports on intellectual house law, like patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, for Reuters Legal. He has previously written for Bloomberg Law and Thomson Reuters Sensible Law and practiced as an lawyer. Make contact with: 12029385713
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