Summary of the M-Edge Vs. Amazon Lawsuit

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @07:03AM from the getting-the-scoop dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a lawsuit filed by Kindle accessory maker M-Edge, Amazon is a threatening, deceitful, and interfering big brother figure. M-Edge accuses the Kindle maker of patent infringement, contract interference, false advertising, unfair business practices, and extortion. A summary of the lawsuit and events over the course of the last 3 years paints a very dark picture of Amazon's tactics for crushing competition and stealing the best ideas from its partners. It sounds as though M-Edge may have a very strong case against Amazon, and if it wins we could see Amazon forced to remove its own Kindle accessories from Amazon.com."

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Re:just a question by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-28 07:32 · Score: 5, Insightful

M-Edge agreed to a long term contract rate with Amazon. Amazon decided they didn't like the contract that Amazon had agreed to, so it used illegal coercion to get M-Edge to agree to a new long term contract that was strictly worse than the old contract.
Its not an issue of the amount of the fee but the method at which it was obtained.