14 DAY TRIAL // Some may know that Microsoft started a lawsuit against Barnes and Noble not long ago, one that was also aimed at a pair of OEM partners, and it looks like some entities on the market feel that the real purpose of the action is actually to disrupt release plans.
The IT market is one that has seen the beginning of many a lawsuit, for various reasons, and which doesn't look like it will get rid of this phenomenon any time soon.
Ironically, many legal actions take years to conclude and actually start around the winter holiday season, or at least choose that particular period advance to the next step.
In this instance, Microsoft avoided the 'lawsuit as a Christmas present' phenomenon, being Spring, but still begun a legal battle with Barnes and Noble and its device makers.
Essentially, the worldwide supplier of software best known for the Windows operating system claims that B&N's e-readers and tablets, particularly the Android OS run by them, infringe its patents.
Specifically, the patents in question are said to be responsible for the user-friendliness and overall user experience boasted by the likes of the Nook.
Oddly enough, even though the lawsuit is aimed at the Android OS, Google, its maker, was not sued and the company intends to keep developing newer and better Android versions.
Digitimes now reports that Foxconn, one of the two OEM partners of B&N, has yet to comment, being still in the process of analyzing the suit.
What the report did say, however, was that the action might just be Microsoft's way of disrupting the product release plans of Barnes and Noble.
Foxconn, at least, thinks it will get out of this relatively unscathed, seeing as how it has been negotiating with Microsoft for over a year already, albeit without reaching an agreement.