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B&N Nook sued over Nook Design.
It’s as If we didn’t see this coming. Barnes and Noble has been sued by a company claiming that the Nook eReader is a copy of its upcoming device. The company in question is Silicon Valley Startup Spring Design. It seems as if the company showed Barnes and Noble execs their eReader design months before the Nook appeared. This explains why Spring Design was quick to launch its website ahead of the Nook announcement. The eReader known as Alex has several of the multitouch features that are present in the Nook, as well as the dual screen functionality. I guess we will have to see where this leads, according to documents filed in court B&N Execs were under an Non Disclosure Agreement for months about the features of Alex. More via Cnet.
