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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari,net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: DRI agrees to change GEM
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 12:12:11 EDT
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In article <87@druhi.UUCP> lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB) writes:
>I don't have any legal expertise, but it looks like Apple doesn't have a leg
>to stand on.  I hope that someone with some legal knowledge will comment on
>this because I don't see how Apple can get away with it.

Apple copyrighted the idea of "pull-down" menus about six months ago, i.e.
the method of moving a on-screen pointer to the top of the screen and having
the menu drop down.  GEM (at least on the ST) has menus which come close to
fitting this description.  I was surprised to see this kind of a patent,
also, but apparently Apple's lawyers made the claim quite solid, as can be
seen by DEC's agreement to alter GEM without a fight.

                                "I'm as doomed as doomed can be!"
                                                -Ed Grimley

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