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From: paradis@encore.UUCP
Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Look and Feel Lawsuits (was: Copyrighting trivial code)
Message-ID: <1026@encore.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 11:40:00 EST
Article-I.D.: encore.1026
Posted: Wed Feb 11 11:40:00 1987
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Reply-To: paradis@encore.UUCP (Jim Paradis)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Marlboro, MA
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I just thought of something... if Lotus wins their "look and feel" lawsuit,
they will effectively have control over a very large portion of the electronic
spreadsheet market.  Would that not then make them a potential target for
an anti-trust lawsuit?  Think about it... Lotus is in the perfect position
to end up the loser.  They're big enough to squeeze out little guys, but
they're not big enough to confound the Justice Department the way IBM did!

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