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Article #1180Re: DRI agrees to change GEM
From: D'arc Angel The Houses of the Ho...
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1985 16:12
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1985 16:12
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> > >... Apple has claimed that GEM copied
> > >"The look and feel" or its Macintosh software and violated Apple's
> > >copyright. GEM uses, among other things, windowns, drop-down menus, and
> > >icons that substantially resemble the Mac.
> >
> >:From under the bar at Callahan's: Chuq Von Rospach
>
> Actually, I believe Apple has applied for a patent on the pull-down window
> approach. I don't know if the patent has been granted, and, even if it is
> granted, that may not guarantee the patent would hold up in court.
>
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> Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle
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i may be confused but i thought the "out" was that Apple used pop-up menus
and DRI used pull-down. am i wrong ? is there a diff ?
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