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Published 12/27/2008 by Michelle Meyers at CNET News - Business Tech

A Michigan-based networking company on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Google, Microsoft, and Apple alleging that all three tech giants violated a patent it owns on the use of document-preview icons--or thumbnails--in operating systems. In the suit (PDF), Cygnus Systems targets Google's Chrome, Microsoft's Vista and Internet Explorer ... (link)

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