Microsoft Sue Barnes & Noble

Microsoft has sued huge US bookseller Barnes & Noble over their eBook reader, the Nook, as well as Inventec and Foxconn who developed the device on Google’s Android platform.

Microsoft press release said, “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.”