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Spring Design Sues Barnes & Noble Over Nook IP

bth writes to let us know that Barnes & Noble has been sued by a company called Spring Design, which alleges that the recently announced Nook e-book reader infringes its intellectual property. This isn't a patent troll kind of situation; rather, the... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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