2010/9/14 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > Not sure what you mean: Apple (and all US software companies) have been > able to do that for a very long time. > > For example, it took me a couple of minutes to find a UI patent filed by > Apple in > 1988<http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=JCQdAAAAEBAJ&dq=inassignee:apple&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1980&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1990> > (this > one is about the menu bar). > > Interestingly, Steve Jobs himself patented the term "personal computer" in > 1983<http://www.google.com/patents?id=02coAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false> > . > > I find something laughable about patenting a "term."
But, this link has what I'm mainly referring to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corporation You seem to think they should have won that case. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
