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Fallout From Japanese Patent On Help Icon
MeridianOnTheLake writes "The Tokyo District Court has ordered the destruction of Ichitaro, a software product that is the only serious competitor in Japan to Microsoft Word, and has been on sale since 1985. The ruling is based on the claim of a competitor, Matsushita, that the use of a help icon to invoke a help function infinges on one of their patents. "We are a global enterprise and we are just following international practice to enforce our IP rights," Kitadeya (Matsushita) said." Here's more on the story, as covered by Bloomberg and The Japan Times.
Learn how to spell homo.
The grandparent can't help it, he is American and, therefore, very poorly educated.
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Flamebait!? Mod is obviously a YANKEE IMPERIALIST BASTARD!
Nope. Running on a marginal OS doesn't make a product a serious competitor to anyone, but marginal software.
Don't take marginal in the bad sense. Just means low market penetration. That's all.
Write boring code, not shiny code!
WTF!! Another YANKEE IMPERIALIST BASTARD mod. Shouldn't you be off eating pure lard and watching reality TV?
It is touched by your fat ass. Just like you are "touched" in the head. Now apologize to baby Jesus for making him cry with your vile lies.
You smell like poopie! I don't like you. You lie too much. You probably touch yourself at the public library while looking at porn on their computers.