Barnes & Noble Loses Bid to Dismiss Alcatel-Lucent Patent Claims
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Barnes & Noble Inc., the biggest U.S. bookstore chain, lost its bid for a federal judge to dismiss some claims it infringed Alcatel-Lucent patents related to Internet commerce.
Barnes & Noble, based in New York, sued Alcatel-Lucent in July 2010, seeking a ruling that it hasn’t infringed patents registered by the telecommunications company, which had warned of possible legal action. A federal jury in Texas has already ruled that some of the patents at issue weren’t infringed, Barnes & Noble said.