Barnes & Noble sued over the Nook design

Spring Design, who makes the Alex e-reader, are suing Barnes & Noble. They say they stole the design of the Nook e-reader.

The Nook

Spring Design had apparently been working with Barnes & Noble since the beginning of this year under a non-disclosure agreement, with the original intent of collaborating on the device. Barnes & Noble executives reportedly praised the innovative features of the device without mentioning their plans to incorporate similar functionality into the Nook device they publicly disclosed last month.

The Nook is available from Barnes & Noble's site, for 259$.

Via Mashable