Staci D. Kramer
Mar 16, 2010 10:20 AM
We’ve been hearing about it for months; now Spring Design is taking orders for the Alex e-reader, the one that’s the basis of its lawsuit against Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). Spring claims B&N lifted some of the Alex’s elements after meetings between the two. Whether it gets anywhere with…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 3, 2009 7:15 PM
Finally got the actual lawsuit Spring Design filed in federal court against Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) over their dueling e-readers and a little time to look through it. (The full PDF is embedded after the jump.) Spring claims that it only shared certain info about its own e-reader because…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 2, 2009 11:20 PM
Somehow a lawsuit had to be lurking ... Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which took a spin on the floor with just about everyone before announcing its own e-reader, is being sued by Spring Design for misappropriation of trade secrets and violating a non-disclosure agreement. Cupertino-based Spring claims B&N “copied”…
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