Re: Perhaps look-and-feel Should Be Patented :-(

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From: Edward Luke
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 12:03

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In article <1991Mar19.210520.4225@Think.COM> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:

   You can't
   patent a particular trash can icon, and probably can't patent putting it in
   the lower-right corner, but you *can* (currently) copyright screen layouts
   (including icons, but I think you'd have a hard time copyrighting an icon
   all by itself, although maybe you could trademark it as a logo).


Hey!  A great new logo for Apple, the trash can!

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From: lush@EE.MsState.Edu (Edward Luke)
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