Make it a Blockbuster fight...

Pity Blockbuster. Very little good can be said about the world’s largest video store. Badly ailing, even raider Carl Icahn has said he no longer wants to play with this dead mouse.

Then comes news today that Netflix – the world’s largest mail-order movie service – is suing Blockbuster.com for patent infringement. As the LAT reports, “Among the Netflix innovations that Blockbuster allegedly copied: no late fees on movie rentals, allowing customers to get a new DVD as soon as they return one, and the online dynamic queue – a wish list for movies that subscribers can use to prioritize which films they want when.”

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