Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 13:23:42 -0500 From: "Nicholas F. Polys" Subject: Adobe wins Macromedia patent suit on UI Sender: To: <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>, Reply-to: "Nicholas F. Polys" Message-id: <013201c1f52b$2731d2a0$6401a8c0@JAHBEMOBILE> Organization: VirtuWorlds MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE; BOUNDARY="Boundary_(ID_jrW2zNzFyeZZX6FWwy4nRQ)" Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Authentication-warning: torch.hitl.washington.edu: majordom set sender toowner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu using -f X-Priority: 3 (Normal) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_jrW2zNzFyeZZX6FWwy4nRQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi everyone, I just got wind of this. I find it interesting that Adobe is testing the waters around the 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 it 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 Nicholas F. Polys Media Amoeba & CTO VirtuWorlds LLC Cutting Edge Info - In Depth http://www.3DeZ.net Director Web3D Consortium Webmaster web3d.org --Boundary_(ID_jrW2zNzFyeZZX6FWwy4nRQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi everyone,
 
    I just got wind of this.  I find it interesting that Adobe is testing the waters around the 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 it 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=
 
 
slashdot:  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/03/016210&mode=thread
 
best regards,
 
    _n_polys
 
          Nicholas