IBM, which is based in New York State, said Monday it has filed two patent infringement suits against Amazon.com. The lawsuits, one of which was filed in Lufkin, Texas, and the other in Tyler, Texas, come after nearly four years of attempts by IBM to resolve its concerns with Amazon.com over infringement of IBM's patents, the big computer maker said in a news release. Dating back to September 2002, IBM said it had notified Amazon.com numerous times of the infringement, but the Internet giant has shown no willingness to have meaningful discussions. "We filed this case for a very simple reason. IBM's property is being knowingly and unfairly exploited," said Dr. John E. Kelly III, senior vice president of IBM Technology and Intellectual Property. "IBM is one of the world's leading creators of intellectual property and one of the most progressive in embracing new, highly collaborative ways of driving and managing innovation.

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