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Originally Posted by Graham
I can't see how Apple's patent doesn't fall foul of this prior patent application from Microsoft:
Even if this one hasn't yet been approved, it was filed in July 2010, nearly a year and half before Apple filed their application, which I can't see as other than a specific instance of this.
Doesn't the Microsoft application indicate prior art?
Or indeed, this demo for a Silverlight application from 2008:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc507644.aspx
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No surprise:
Apple engineers 'pay no attention to anyone's patents', court told
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But Apple developers testified that they didn’t pay any attention to anyone’s patents when developing their system.
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It's the typical attitude of companies that have become too big for their own good, "we own everything".