Jinfu@cup.portal.com (03/23/88)
I have a good idea for Ford to make some extra money, sue all the car makers for 'look and like' if a product has four wheels and a steering wheel. Jinfu@cup.portal.com Seriously, I am writing a letter to Apple and threatens them none of business purchase under my influerence will not have any connection with Apple.
Martin_J_Brown-Jr@cup.portal.com (03/26/88)
Has anybody heard the slightest peep out of Xerox on the suit? If Apple has
a license from Xerox, and Xerox doesn't particularly care for Apple's actions
couldn't Xerox just license the same stuff to everybody who wanted it? Did
Apple get an exclusive license?
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BIX: mbrownasg@pyuxf.UUCP (alan geller) (03/30/88)
In article <4041@cup.portal.com>, Jinfu@cup.portal.com writes: > > I have a good idea for Ford to make some extra money, sue all > the car makers for 'look and like' if a product has four > wheels and a steering wheel. > > Jinfu@cup.portal.com > > Seriously, I am writing a letter to Apple and threatens them > none of business purchase under my influerence will not have > any connection with Apple. Ford doesn't have a copyright on the automobile -- and if they did, it would have expired by now !! :-) By the way, I hope that you realize that you're threatening Apple that all of your business purchases will have some connection with Apple? But really -- it's important to keep in mind that companies have to attempt to enforce their copyrights in order to maintain ownership of those rights. If you write a book, copyright it, and then let someone else make thousands of bootleg copies without suing them for infringement, then it can be argued that you have implicitly placed your book in the public domain. Thus, even if Apple isn't really certain about Windows and so forth, they HAVE to sue now, in case someone (IBM Presentation Manager?) comes out with a clear copy later on. Alan Geller Bellcore My employer has no knowledge of my opinions. Often, I don't, either.