Amazon Owes $525 Million In Cloud-Storage Patent Fight, US Jury Says

A federal jury in Illinois on Wednesday said Amazon Web Services owes tech company Kove $525 million for violating three patents relating to its data-storage technology. From the report: The jury determined (PDF) that AWS infringed three Kove patents covering technology that Kove said had become 'essential' to the ability of Amazon's cloud-computing arm to 'store and retrieve massive amounts of data.' An Amazon spokesperson said the company disagrees with the verdict and intends to appeal. Kove's lead attorney Courtland Reichman called the verdict 'a testament to the power of innovation and the importance of protecting IP (intellectual property) rights for start-up companies against tech giants.' Kove also sued Google last year for infringing the same three patents in a separate Illinois lawsuit that is still ongoing.

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