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Originally Posted by calvin-c
As noted, IP law is a mess. I didn't see anything, really, in the article that says what SD is suing over, except possibly violating the NDA.
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Assuming the article is right (which is always a bit of a dodgy assumption), it's a trade secrets lawsuit. Supposedly they shared their design under an NDA, and are now claiming that B&N stole the design.
Based on the information in the article, it doesn't have anything to do with patents.