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Subject: Re: Look and Feel Lawsuits (was: Copyrighting trivial code)
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Date: Mon, 16-Feb-87 17:51:55 EST
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In article <1026@encore.UUCP> paradis@encore.UUCP (Jim Paradis) writes:
>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!

Migent Corp has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Ashton-Tate on much these
grounds.  I'm not involved directly in the suit, but am close enough to it
that I shouldn't say much more.