“‘M-Edge developed a very successful product line: personal electronic device jackets with multiple features for the Kindle and other e-readers. Amazon thereafter repeatedly sought to hijack the product through threats, deceit, interference with M-Edge’s customer relationships, and patent infringement.’
The 15-page filing documents Amazon’s deteriorating relationship with M-Edge. The sales relationship … garnered Amazon an 8 percent commission on M-Edge’s products… [M]onths later, Amazon issued the first reassessment of its contract with M-Edge … requiring the company to pay an additional 7 percent in fees to Amazon. Over the next few years, Amazon continued to revise M-Edge’s contract and increase its fees on the company’s sales, totaling 32 percent in commissions and fees by a contract signed July 2010 … [A]fter refusing to accept new terms and conditions proposed by Amazon, the company claims Amazon began manufacturing its own lighted e-reader jacket, which was a direct knock-off from the company’s patented design, and went as far as “de-listing” M-Edge, making the company’s product less visible on the site and tampering with M-Edge’s relationships with other retailers.”
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