Appeals Court Rules for Amazon in Patent Fight with Rovi

Rovi, which sells television guide programs to cable providers, lost a patent fight with Amazon.com when an appeals court upheld a decision by a Delaware district court. Rovi had accused Amazon of infringing on two patents, one which creates an electronic program guide on a television screen and another which allows a viewer to select and purchase a pay-per-view program.

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