SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Via Licensing Corporation and Barnes & Noble, Inc. have settled litigation concerning the use of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) technology in Barnes & Noble’s NOOK® line of products. In late 2010, Barnes & Noble licensed AAC patent rights from Via’s AAC patent pool comprised of 11 leading AAC standard essential patent owners under the AAC Patent License Agreement. Via filed suit against Barnes & Noble in 2013 for breach of the AAC Patent License Agre