REDMOND, WA – Microsoft has filed suit against tech manufacturing heavyweights Foxconn and Inventec over the sale and manufacture of Barnes & Noble's Android-based Nook tablet.

Microsoft alleges patent infringements in the Android-based e-reader and tablet devices presented as Barnes & Noble’s brand.

Barnes & Noble is also a party to the suit. However, while Microsoft firm says Google’s Android infringes Microsoft patents, it did not name Google directly in this suit.

Microsoft alleges patent infringements include “natural ways of interacting with devices by tabbing through various screens to find the information they need, surfing the Web more quickly, and interacting with documents and e-books.”