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From: scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons)
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Subject: Status Change In Apple Lawsuit
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Date: 24 Jul 89 21:21:18 GMT
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Organization: Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.
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Quoted without permission from PC Week, July 24, 1989, pg 4, col 1.  No
visible copyright on title page, colophon, table of contents, or article:

   "Apple Loses Ground In Infringement Suit"
   
   Judge William Schwarzer dealt another blow to Apple Computer Inc.
   late last week when he circulated a preliminary ruling that MicroSoft
   Corp. and its it Windows licensee, Hewlett-Packard Co., have full
   rights to use in Windows 2.03 most of the features present in Windows
   release 1.0.
   
   Microsoft wearned that right on the basis of a 1985 agreement it
   negotiated with Apple, Schwarzer said.
   
   Of the original 189 features that Apple officials claim were infringed
   upon in Windows 2.03, on 10 now remain in dispute.

This is the complete article.

Editorial remark from me: this refers only to the licencing issues
disputed between Apple and Microsoft/HP, not to Apples overall claim
to have near-complete rights to certain types of graphical interface.
Nonetheless, it's pleasant to seem them continue to lose ground in
this fight.
-- 
Steve Simmons		          scs@vax3.iti.org
Industrial Technology Institute     Ann Arbor, MI.
"Velveeta -- the Spam of Cheeses!" -- Uncle Bonsai