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Article #75729Re: Xerox lawsuit
From: Paul W Placeway
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 1990 21:45
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 1990 21:45
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carlton@husc9.harvard.edu (david carlton) writes: < I noticed an article posted today on a (physical) bulletin board saying that < the Xerox lawsuit against Apple had gotten thrown out of court, ... Yes, this is true; see MacWEEK 3 April '90, page 67 for a summary. The short version is that Judge Vaughn Walker threw out 5 of the 6 counts on legal technicalities, Apple's lawyers claimed that the Mac is a "highly original work", and Xerox is going to appeal. The first was some what of a surprise; the second is (in my own opinion) utter bull (go hunting in the user interface litrature if you really need to be convinced), and the third is no surprise at all. And the lawyers get richer... -- Paul Placeway <pplaceway@bbn.com> PS (plug): If this all *really* disgusts you, ask RMS about the LPF...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,28c4aa7f732cf601 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-05-01 01:58:50 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!bu.edu!snorkelwacker!think!bbn!pplacewa From: pplacewa@bbn.com (Paul W Placeway) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Xerox lawsuit Message-ID: <55553@bbn.COM> Date: 30 Apr 90 21:45:41 GMT References: <CARLTON.90Apr25202041@husc9.harvard.edu> Sender: news@bbn.COM Distribution: gnu Lines: 20 Posted: Mon Apr 30 22:45:41 1990