Barnes & Noble Sued Over Design for E-book Reader

Spring Design, a maker of electronic readers, is suing Barnes & Noble, claiming the bookseller's newly launched Nook reader illegally copied its dual-screen design after the two discussed a possible partnership. Spring Design said Barnes & Noble used its proprietary design to better compete with Amazon.com's market-leading Kindle, while failing to disclose its intentions to make its own device.

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