Thread: Microsoft Sues Barnes and Noble over Android
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Old 03-22-2011, 12:05 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by b0rsuk View Post

They go after Barnes & Noble because it's an easy target. Normally, high tech and software companies have arsenals of patents for mutually assured destruction. B&N doesn't, it's a book retailer with tech ambitions. Suing B&N is much easier than Google, which has lots of money and lawyers.
And brings up an interesting question-does Google jump in and help B&N?
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