Spring Design Files Lawsuit against Barnes & Noble

Wow, who knew that the world of e-book readers could be so exciting? Suspense, betrayal and a few misappropriated trade secrets all leading up to a showdown in court? This sounds more like one of the stories you’d read on the device, not about it.

“Spring Design unfortunately had to take the appropriate action to protect its intellectual property rights,” said Spring Design Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Eric Kmiec. “We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention of working together to provide a superior dual screen e-book to the market.”

doh! looks like someone is going to have a bad day @ B&N