While waiting for a court date over an intellectual property dispute, Spring Design wanted to stop Barnes & Noble from selling the Nook. Their injunction for that’s been denied today, but they shouldn’t really worry much over that anyway.
https://gizmodo.com/barnes-nobles-nook-may-violate-spring-designs-alex-re-5395705
While the injunction’s been denied, Spring Design has been granted an expedited pre-trial process to push the entire mess into court a bit faster, but at the rate Barnes & Noble will be making the Nook available, there’s hardly any rush. [Engadget]
https://gizmodo.com/barnes-noble-ruins-nerd-christmas-for-good-pr-5409369
