Barnes & Noble in a response (PDF via Groklaw) both rejected many of the claims of Microsoft's anti-Android lawsuit but directly claimed Microsoft was violating antitrust law through its deal with Nokia. The Nook maker claimed that the Microsoft-Nokia pact for patent deals was "per se illegal" under antitrust laws. Its agreement between equals was a "coordinated offensive" meant to crush competition outside of fair market conditions, not just from Android but from any open-source platform, such as Linux.
