Barnes and Noble’s new eBook Reader “The Nook” is attracting headlines and now litigation. California-based company Spring Design claims the eBook retailer copied unique features and functions from their Alex dual-screen eBook reader (check it out at the link… Sweet looking ride.) and included them in the Nook. The link to the full story at The Telegraph.co.uk was dropped off by our friend Jorgen.
This ‘borrowing’ occurred as a result of a collaboration between the two companies as they co-developed a “Kindle Killer” eBook reader. Spring Design alleges B&N overlooked mentioning that they were working on their own eBook Reading device (the Nook), resulting in the “misappropriated trade secrets,” etc. and the violation of a non-disclosure agreement between the two parties.
Barnes and Noble quoted its policy of not commenting on litigation.
If nothing else, the lawsuit will get some much-deserved attention for the Alex, yah?
1 ping
[…] Alex making its way to the mainstream by way of a visit to the FCC. We’ve mentioned it before, the device is Android-powered with full browser capability offering the juice to compete in the […]