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Amazon conducting itself like 'playground bully' in Kindle trademark row

on Nov 30, 2014 | 0 comments

By Jessica Davies

Amazon has reportedly been accused of acting like a “playground bully” after suing the maker of the popular CBeebies show Big & Small over its trademark.

The e-tail giant has claimed the production company of the Lenny Henry-voiced show – London-based company Kindle Entertainment – has violated its Kindle e-reader trademark, according to the Sunday Times.

However, Kindle Entertainment was founded in 2006 – several months before Amazon launched its e-reader in the US and several years before it rolled the product out in the UK.

Amazon has now blocked Kindle Entertainment from registering the trademark for shows, having already taken the name Read full story ›

Source: The Drum