wraggster
March 21st, 2011, 22:02
According to an article on AllThingsD, Microsoft is continuing its legal assault on Android (http://mobilized.allthingsd.com/20110321/microsoft-sues-barnes-noble-over-nook-alleging-its-android-use-infringes-patents/?). On Monday the company sued Barnes & Noble, Foxconn International and Inventec over the company's Nook e-reader, alleging patent infringement. To quote Microsoft deputy general counsel Horacio Gutierrez, 'The Android platform infringes a number of Microsoft's patents (http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2011/03/21/android-patent-infringement-licensing-is-the-solution.aspx), and companies manufacturing and shipping Android devices must respect our intellectual property rights. Their refusals to take licenses leave us no choice but to bring legal action.http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/21/2014244/Microsoft-Continues-Android-Legal-Assault