Barnes and Noble tosses gloves aside, speaks its mind on Microsoft’s Android licensing initiative

It feels like Barnes & Noble is mad as hell and is not gonna take it anymore. In a strongly worded letter to the Department of Justice , it’s called Microsoft out as a “Patent Troll” and “Bully.” When Redmond rolled up with its usual ultimatum: license our Android patents or we’ll sue you, B&N demanded to grasp which patents the Nook was meant to infringe — a lot of them trivial. The software giant demanded that in addition to licensing fees , it’s going to have veto power on design features and hardware requirements for future devices, which prompted the bookseller to contact the DoJ. While you should take everything with a pinch of salt (and realize that both companies may be rattling the sabers), it’s worth remembering that businesses won’t start calling in government agencies until no other viable options exist, that means this saga may be running for months, if not centuries. Head on all the way down to our source link for the entire gory details, replete with copies of the filings made.