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Microsoft withdraws one patent claim against Barnes & Noble
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02-07-2012 03:51 PM
The claim they're withdrawing is a patent on using tabs like in a browser. I can't even believe the USPTO gave them a patent on this (especially since MS was hardly the first browser to use tabs) but I can see them pulling it from the claim rather than risk having their patent declared invalid.