Apple vs Microsoft - 1
LEGAL ASPECT OF MANAGEMENT
LEGAL ISSUE BETWEEN APPLE AND MICROSOFT FOR USE OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
UNDER GUIDANCE OF MANEESH YADAV BY ASHISH KUMAR SECTION- A JL12PGDM042
Full case name - Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Co. Date decidedSeptember 19, 1994 Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.) sought to prevent Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard from using visual graphical user interface (GUI) elements that were similar to those in Apple's Lisa and Macintosh operating systems. The court ruled that, "Apple cannot get patent-like protection for the idea of a graphical user interface, or the idea of a desktop metaphor [under copyright law]. [1] In the midst of the Apple v. Microsoft lawsuit, Xerox also sued Apple alleging that Mac's GUI was heavily based on Xerox's. [2] The district court dismissed Xerox's claims without addressing whether Apple's GUI infringed Xerox's. [3] Apple lost all claims in the Microsoft suit except for the ruling that the trash can icon and folder icons from Hewlett-Packard's New Wave windows application were infringing. The lawsuit was filed in 1988 and lasted four years; the decision was affirmed on appeal in 1994, and Apple's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied.
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INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND COURT CASE IMPACT PATENT LAWS INVENTIONS PATENTABLE INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT COPYRIGHT LAWS REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT CONCLUSION 3
INTRODUCTION
Apple Inc. formerly Apple Computer Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system; the iTunes media browser; and the iLife and iWork
LEGAL ISSUE BETWEEN APPLE AND MICROSOFT FOR USE OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
UNDER GUIDANCE OF MANEESH YADAV BY ASHISH KUMAR SECTION- A JL12PGDM042
Full case name - Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Co. Date decidedSeptember 19, 1994 Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.) sought to prevent Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard from using visual graphical user interface (GUI) elements that were similar to those in Apple's Lisa and Macintosh operating systems. The court ruled that, "Apple cannot get patent-like protection for the idea of a graphical user interface, or the idea of a desktop metaphor [under copyright law]. [1] In the midst of the Apple v. Microsoft lawsuit, Xerox also sued Apple alleging that Mac's GUI was heavily based on Xerox's. [2] The district court dismissed Xerox's claims without addressing whether Apple's GUI infringed Xerox's. [3] Apple lost all claims in the Microsoft suit except for the ruling that the trash can icon and folder icons from Hewlett-Packard's New Wave windows application were infringing. The lawsuit was filed in 1988 and lasted four years; the decision was affirmed on appeal in 1994, and Apple's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND COURT CASE IMPACT PATENT LAWS INVENTIONS PATENTABLE INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT COPYRIGHT LAWS REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT CONCLUSION 3
INTRODUCTION
Apple Inc. formerly Apple Computer Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system; the iTunes media browser; and the iLife and iWork