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Article #5113Re: Hypercard license Infringement !!
From: Gail Zacharias
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1989 09:24
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1989 09:24
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rob@uokmax.UUCP (Robert K Shull) writes: >In article <210@spt.entity.com> gz@entity.com (Gail Zacharias) writes: >>Sounds to me like HyperZoom's just trying to protect the look and feel of >>their product. I hear somebody's been workin' hard to establish a legal >>precedent for that sort of thing. >Who could this be? I can't think of any company that's suing (or threatening >to sue) the PURCHASERS of another company's product. I always thought you >sued the MANUFACTURER for infringement. That's just an implementation detail. The important question is whether or not they've got certain "rights" wrt a product just because it uses the same pictures and metaphors that they do. Once that's granted, they can try to collect using whatever imaginative strategies their lawyers and accountants can come up with. -- gz@entity.com ...!mit-eddie!spt!gz Now let's all repeat the non-conformist oath.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!bloom-beacon!cambridge.apple.com!spt!gz From: gz@spt.entity.com (Gail Zacharias) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hypercard license Infringement !! Keywords: justice, poetic Message-ID: <211@spt.entity.com> Date: 23 Sep 89 09:24:15 GMT References: <Hyperzoom> <zoomrect> <3710@unix.SRI.COM> <1465@intercon.com> <210@spt.entity.com> <1989Sep22.221956.16153@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Reply-To: gz@entity.com (Gail Zacharias) Organization: Hacks 'R' Us, Cambridge, MA Lines: 18