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Suit: Apple, Google, Napster violate video patent

Intertainer -- a largely inactive VOD company run by veteran TV and film producer Jonathan T. Taplin -- has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging Apple, Google and Napster are infringing on a 2005 patent for the commercial distribution of audio and video on the Web. Apple, Google and Napster would not comment on the litigation. New York Times, The (01/03)