[-empyre-] Adobe wins Macromedia patent suit on UI

["Nicholas F. Polys" <npolys@virtuworlds.com>]

Hi everyone~

 

    I just got wind of this...  I find it interesting that Adobe has tested the waters around this ground they've chosen to stand.

Hard to believe that this decision will hold given prior art and the subject (software GUI) of the patent.  It is my feeling that most software patents secured in recent years are gratuitous and shouldn't have been granted in the first place.

 

Widespread ramifications if this one is upheld methinks.

What do you all think?

 

 

Adobe wins Macromedia patent suit

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-898061.html

 

Adobe filed the suit in August 2000, alleging that the user interface of Macromedia's Flash Web animation tool infringes on Adobe's patent for "tabbed palettes," a feature that allows users of design software to rearrange the work space on the PC screen.

 

 

Mac PR:  http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-02-2002/0001720178&EDATE=

 

Adobe PR: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020502/20405_1.html

 

slashdot:  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/03/016210&mode=thread

 

best regards,

 

    _n_polys

 

 

 

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