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From: peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple Challenges HP New Wave, MS-Windows, Potentially OS/2 PM
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Date: 24 Mar 88 12:53:19 GMT
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Summary: Truth is stranger than fiction...

In article ... robert@sri-spam.istc.sri.com (Robert Allen) writes:
>     If Apple wins its' suit, and Xerox then sues Apple, it will
>     be doubly ironic since Apple will have spent the money to
>     develop a precedent which Xerox could then use to its' advantage.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Atari set the original precedent for visual copyrights, back when they were
suing everyone over Pac-Man. Atari was one of the losers in the Apple-vs-GEM
lawsuit.

I doubt that Xerox can sue Apple, since I doubt the license they sold Apple
was anywhere near as restrictive as the one Apple sold Microsoft.
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