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Introduction The case was presented in the United States
Court in 1994. Apple Computer Inc. sought to deter HewlettPackard and Microsoft from using GUI (visual graphical user interface). The elements were similar to those of its Macintosh operating systems and Lisa. Apple was to license some parts of the GUI to Microsoft . This was so that it can use them in Windows 1.0. http://www.premiumessays.net/
Microsoft however made some changes in
the Windows 2.0. They included overlapping features that were found in Macintosh graphical user interface. This prompted Apple to file a suit. When Microsoft released its Windows 3.0, Apple added claims to the lawsuit.
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Apples Claims  Macintosh operation system looked
protected by the copyright laws.  Interface elements were not as important as all the elements put together. They included: 1) windows in the screen 2) resize feature of the windows 3) rectangular windows appearance 4) title bars 5) overlap http://www.premiumessays.net/
Oral arguments ensued in the court . It was to insist on analysis of different
graphical user element of the Apple. This it claimed it claimed had been infringed. In its list, Apple claimed that 189 elements had been infringed. Out of these, court decided that only 179 were licensed to the Microsoft Windows 1.0. The court noted that the other 10 elements could not be copyrighted . The elements were not original. http://www.premiumessays.net/
Ruling The court observed that Apple could not be
granted patent-like protection. This was for graphical user interface idea or desktop metaphor idea under the copyright law. Apple was also sued by Xerox. This was because Apple’s Mac’s graphical user interface was heavily based on that of Xerox. Claims by Xerox were dismissed by the district court. This was without address if the Apple graphical user interface infringed that of Xerox. http://www.premiumessays.net/
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation Apple lost all theRuling claims.
This was except the ruling that folder icons
and trash-can icon from the NewWave Windows app of Hewlett-Packard were infringing. The case continued for four years with a decision being affirmed in 1994. Apple was denied an appeal in the U.S Supreme Court. http://www.premiumessays.net/
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