Judge rejects most remaining claims by Apple against Microsoft, Hewlett
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US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker dismisses most of Apple's remaining claims against Microsoft Corp and HP in a protracted lawsuit that is expected to determine how existing copyright law will be applied to software. Walker found that similarities of Microsoft and HP software to the Apple Macintosh graphical user interface (GUI) are either licensed technology or otherwise beyond the scope of Apple's copyright. Additionally, Walker rejected Apple's contention that Microsoft Windows and HP's NewWave GUIs are substantially similar to the Macintosh GUI when taken as a whole. He further noted that to grant Apple copyright protection to the GUI as a whole would provide Apple with too much protection and not allow sufficient competition in the software industry. Apple has yet to announce whether or not it will appeal the ruling.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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Apple sues Intel and Microsoft, widening a copyright dispute; lawsuit seeks to protect software for displaying video on PC screens
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Apple Computer is suing Intel and Microsoft over a copyright infringement dispute based on software used for displaying video images on a computer monitor. Apple claims that Intel and Microsoft copied thousands of lines of programming code from its QuickTime for Windows video processing software and intended to use the code to improve the performance of Microsoft's Video for Windows software by improving the ability of the software to show video clips in a smooth manner. The case represents a trend in the software industry in which companies are suing each other in order to preserve technological leads and investments. Apple officials claim that by stealing its programming code, Microsoft and Intel have damaged sales of QuickTime for Windows.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1995
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Look alike: How much do different programs resemble one another? And should it make any difference?
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Apple's Macintosh operating system and Microsoft Corp's Windows graphical user interface resemble each other with similar screens, motions and commands and Apple is suing Microsoft in a copyright infringement law suit. Apple sued Microsoft and HP in 1988 charging that their New Wave program based on Windows borrowed extensively from the Macintosh system. Microsoft claims that the ideas expressed in Apple's software cannot be legally protected because they cannot be expressed in an alternate way. There are few legal precedents that address the protection of the 'look and feel' of a software program.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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