2010/9/14 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> If by "knock-offs" you mean copies at the UI level, let me remind you >> of the Lotus-vs-Borland suit in the early 1990s where it was judged >> that user interfaces cannot be copyrighted. >> > > And yet, Apple sued HTC a few months ago for infringing on 20+ UI > patents<http://phandroid.com/2010/03/02/apple-sues-htc-for-patent-infringement/>, > including "pinch to zoom" (note: patents, not copyrights). > > Do you really think the world would be better if Apple had been able to do that kind of thing back in the day?
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