According to the documents filed in the action, B&N were shown the Alex designs back in late Feb/Mar, and continued in talks, including presentation to senior executives, right through to the end of September.
It'll be very interesting to see what B&N's response it. It'll have to be very solid to nullify the documents we've seen so far.
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
.Anyway, when a company with a in-production device gets a claim slapped on them by a company without, especially when the timescale dosn't add up for the Nook not to have been in late development before they were shown the Alex... (Not to mention cutting off talks is the *right* response when you realise there's potential cross contamination)...
(And there needs to be a far stronger punishment for patent trolling, honestly)
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