On May 12, 2010, Sharing Sound, LLC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon.com, Inc., Netflix, Inc.,Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc. and GameStop Corp. claiming the companies are infringing a patent related to online music distribution.

The patent-at-issue, US Patent No. 6,233,682, entitled “Distribution of musical products by a web site vendor over the internet,” was issued on May 15, 2001. Sharing Sound claims the companies are distributing music, videos, games and other products over the Internet, infringing its patent.

Sharing Sound seeks damages and attorney’s fees in the patent infringement lawsuit.

SOURCE:  Michelle Massey, “Sharing Sound LLC vs. Amazon.com, Inc., et al,” Southeast Texas Record, May 20, 2010 (http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/226983-recent-patent-infringementfalse-marking-cases-filed-in-the-eastern-district-of-texas).