BMG faces lawsuit in the US for alleged patent infringement

An obscure company called Muvox LLC has filed a lawsuit against BMG in the United States for alleged patent infringement.

The lawsuit was filed in a Texas court last month and references a patent titled ‘Music streaming, playlist creation and streaming architecture‘, which describes “a method for selecting a song” based on other songs with similar “moods”.

As first reported by patent litigation information resource RPX, the lawsuit targets “song recommendation features” within the BMG Synch service.

According to a lawsuit filed in the same Texas court on August 21, the company suing BMG also appears to be suing technology giant IBM for alleged infringement of the same patent… (MBW)