Re: Xerox and UI copyright [was: Re: (none)]

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From: Chris Waters
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1991 06:48

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michael@smectos.gang.umass.edu (Michael Callahan) writes:

>In any case, I stand ready to be corrected--was there a 
>videogame case which covered the interactive behavior of
>the game?

Yes, Atari successfully sued some authors of Pacman clones.
This was the first successful "look-and-feel" suit.
-- 
Chris Waters      |   I figure the odds be 50-50--
xtifr@netcom.COM  |    I just might have something to say...  -FZ

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