Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble over Nook Color

[poofyhairguy]

Microsoft claims the device, which runs on Google's Android operating system, infringes various patents, including those concerning navigation software.

It is also suing electronics manufacturers Inventec and Foxconn International.

The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court in Seattle, Washington.

"The Android platform infringes a number of Microsoft's patents, and companies manufacturing and shipping Android devices must respect our intellectual property rights," said Horacio Gutierrez, deputy general counsel of Microsoft's intellectual property and licensing.

"We have tried for over a year to reach licensing agreements with Barnes & Noble, Foxconn and Inventec. Their refusals to take licenses leave us no choice but to bring legal action to defend our innovations."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12814018

Hmmm....

 

[dguy6789]

Microsoft has been suing virtually every company that produces an Android device for a while now.

 

[zerocool84]

Microsoft has been suing virtually every company that produces an Android device for a while now.

Everybody is suing everybody in the mobile land.