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engadget.com - 30 days ago

Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over the Nook

— engadget.com — We knew something was up with the Spring Design Alex dual-screen ebook reader the instant we saw... its hastily-prepared web site published the night before Barnes & Noble's Nook launch , and it appears that our hunch was right: Spring Design ... (more) Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over the Nook

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pcmag.com - 30 days ago

Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook E-Reader - Reviews by PC Magazine

— pcmag.com — A California-based company filed suit Monday against Barnes and Noble, accusing the retailer of stealing its ideas... and using them for the Nook e-reader. Barnes and Noble copied features found in Spring Design's Alex e-reader and used them in its Nook ... (more) Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook E-Reader - Reviews by PC ...

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brighthand.com - 23 days ago

Barnes & Noble Seeing Heavy Demand for Nook E-Book Reader

— brighthand.com — & Noble Seeing Heavy Demand for Nook E-Book Reader BY: Ed Hardy , Brighthand.com Editor PUBLISHED: 11/8/2009... When Barnes & Noble unveiled its electronic book reader last month, it said the Nook was scheduled for a late November release. The company ... (more) Barnes & Noble Seeing Heavy Demand for Nook E-Book Reader

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Barnes & Noble sued over Nook e-reader design
T3.com All — ... - The Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader The lawsuit deals with broken trade secrets, as Spring Design claims to have shown the Alex to Barnes & Noble under NDA before the Nook was even conceived at the beginning of 2009. Secret phonecalls and broken promises aside, let s look at the similarities: Both devices feature a large e-ink display on top and capacitive touchscreen LCD at the bottom. That s about it. We hasten to add that the nature of these touch screens is entirely different, since the Alex s is used for web browsing, and the Nook s is merely for navigation. Either ...

Barnes & Noble sued over Nook e-reader design
T3.com News — ... sectors often ‘borrow’ design ideas from one another to enhance their feature list or add wider appeal. We see it as flattery. The manufacturers, as it turns out, don’t. Landing firmly on the desk of Barnes & Noble’s design desk today is one such court action from Spring Design, who’re claiming that the B&N Nook e-reader is far too similar to its own Alex. - Spring Design’s dual-screened Alex e-reader - The Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader The lawsuit deals with broken trade ...