Re: [Patents] Apple patents (or design patents?)

[iriXx <iriXx@iriXx.org>]

hmm
well there seems to be obvious prior art in the case of chrome GUIs 
(GNU/linux esp. Enlightenment, Gnome), desktop sounds (SGI IRIX, 
Microsoft) and the one that really made me laugh - Automating tasks - 
(UNIX cron, MS Windows NT... almost any OS under the sun....!!!!)

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xdrudis@tinet.org wrote:
> Hello. 
>
> I've been forwarded this article. It says Apple has patents 
> on the trash icon and many other GUI elements and DRM. 
>
> The comments say they're not patents but design patents, 
> but I haven't looked and don't know the US system very well
>
> If anyone wants to comment on what it amounts to it's at:
>
> http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2003/03/04.2.shtml
>
>
>
> Xavi Drudis Ferran
> xdrudis@tinet.org


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