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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Take 6,891,551 --- the function is "changing size of selected text area". The way the function is being executed in this case is by dragging handles. That is protected, so they must either pay license fees or find a different way to do it. What is not protected is "changing the size of selected text area". That is what I meant.
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I see. In my understanding:
1) marked bold is NOT protected in EU, but is protected in US
2) Yves Bot (an advocate-general at the Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (ECJ), mentioned as "advisor" in OP) claims it would harmful to protect it