SO want to buy a nook now. Gotta love B&N. :-D

On 28 April 2011 10:07, der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:

> moin moin,
>
> this is a fun read. It's got to be the lawyer version of a smack down.
> I've only made it through a third of it thus far, but intend to finish
> readhing the whole thing.
>
> I'm glad a corportaion has stood up to the bully.
>
> "Indeed, Microsoft is misusing these patents as part of a scheme to try to
> eliminate or marginalize the competition to its own Windows Phone 7 mobile
> device operating system posed by the open source AndroidTM operating
> system and other open source operating systems. Microsoft's conduct
> directly harms both competition for and consumers of eReaders,
> smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile electronic devices, and
> renders Microsoft's patents unenforceable."
>
> "1. Barnes & Noble is without knowledge or information sufficient to form
> a belief as to the truth of the allegations of this paragraph and,
> therefore, denies them."
>
> "15. Denied."
>
> "16. Denied."
>
> "17. Denied."
>
> "Further evincing its anticompetitive intent"
>
> Fun, fun, fun :).
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110427052238659
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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