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Originally Posted by Shaggy
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.
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I'm pretty sure you can't patent and idea... you can only patent the implementation of an idea. So, I'm pretty sure this will go no where.
BOb
BTW: I am not a patent attorney. (thank god for that).