From kde-core-devel Sat Jul 03 11:18:52 2004 From: Karl-Heinz Zimmer Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 11:18:52 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Taskbar grouping patented by MS - Mentions kde-look ml as Message-Id: <200407031318.54495 () postmaster ! bugcops ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=108885355728023 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am Samstag, 3. Juli 2004 02:10 schrieb Pupeno: > On Friday July 2 2004 07:10, Torsten Rahn wrote: > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1& > > > > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=113191&threshold=2&commentsort=0&ti > >d=15 5&mode=nested&cid=9589101 > > So, what happens now ? taskbar grouping will have to be removed from KDE > ? Where does this patent apply ? USA ? world ? Al least it is valid for the USA -- as long as we are not able to show prior art: patent was filed Apr. 6, 2000. Karl-Heinz - -- Karl-Heinz Zimmer I n d e V i e w K D E Föhren Presentations Beyond Limitations Conquer your Desktop www.fiehr.de www.indeview.org www.kde.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA5pYdCcaVnbvggDcRAlRdAKDOwZn8DbYiRLUoMB7Xx489mF/oxQCg54qx XI573VKWAw9ew9v8kfsVpBs= =71J4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----