Microsoft Says Android E-Reader Violates Patents
Microsoft on Monday accused Taiwan electronics colossus Foxconn and US book seller Barnes & Noble of using its patented technology in e-readers running on Google-backed Android software.
Taiwan-based Inventec Corporation was also targeted in Microsoft's legal filings with the US International Trade Commission and a federal court in Washington state where the software giant has its headquarters.
"By bringing this case, we are protecting our investments on behalf of our customers, partners and shareholders - just as other companies do," Microsoft deputy general counsel Horacio Gutierrez said in a blog post. "Our firm view remains, however, that licensing is the best way forward for the industry." The legal filings assert that the bookseller's Nook e-reader and Nook Color tablet violate Microsoft patents.
