Re: Utility window architecture question
Re: Utility window architecture question
- Subject: Re: Utility window architecture question
- From: Rosyna <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 12:55:35 -0700
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Adobe did. The patent was tested in
court and was not repealed. Therefore, it is valid. Pull out tabs is
a unique idea. It is not obvious if you had never seen it before.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='5,870,091'.WKU.&OS=PN/5,870,091&RS=PN/5,870,091
Patent 5,870,091
Ack, at 5/19/02, Ondra Cada said:
On Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 09:32 , Brendan Younger wrote:
I hate to throw down a good idea like this, but Adobe actually has
a patent on this "technology". They just finished suing Macromedia
over it (and I have not idea what FCP has it, maybe they licensed
it), but you ought to check the legality of it first.
Nonsense. Nobody can patent such thing -- if so, next time you could
patent using right-click for contextual menu. You can patent a
solution (complete with detailed description of how you did it), not
a generic idea.
Or did the U.S. patent law go entirely mad?
--
Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug
Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insanely Great People
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Please include any previous correspondence in replies, it helps me
remember what we were talking about. Thanks.
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