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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.
Many more ecchi taros to go!
And the warmer moments of this fart
HAD
ick. mod this crap down.
Paul Thurrott is STILL an IDIOT.
As a matter of fact, Paull Thurrott has offended all idiots in the world for being an idiot. Idiots of the world demand Paul Thurrott to classify himself and to be classified as much lower than an idiot in the IQ ratings.
Nah, people admitting they're mistaken are usually modded redundant or offtopic so you don't see those posts ;-)
-chris
San Francisco values: compassion, tolerance, respect, intelligence
As a righteous, God-fearing Christian nation, the United States of America cannot allow patents to abide on her fair soil.
The heathen Japanese may do as they like, but right-thinking Americans know that all things were invented first by the Intelligent Design of the Almighty. Honor thy father and thy mother, and no sinful man shall lay claim to that which belongs to his Creator. Do not commit the sin of pride an imagine that you have seen what God could not. Amen.