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Intertainer sues Apple, Google, Napster


January 03, 2007 The defunct movie download service Intertainer Inc. has sued Apple Computer Inc., Google Inc. and Napster Inc. over patents the company says it owns governing Internet distribution of video content. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas, claims Intertainer filed a patent in 2001 outlining the business model for offering video content from various providers to consumers over the TV and the Internet. Intertainer launched in 1998 with investments from Comcast Corp., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sony Corp. and NBC.

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