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Google, Apple, Microsoft Sued Over File Preview
A small Indiana company has sued Microsoft, Google, and Apple claiming that their new file preview features violate its...
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Apple, Google & Microsoft Sued
Overclockers Club news Feed — ... Cygnus Systems, a small Indiana company, decided to spread some holiday cheer this Christmas, delivering a lawsuit to Apple, Google and Microsoft. Cygnus claims that it holds the patent on a file preview feature used by the three companies in several products, including the web browsers for all three companies and the operating systems of Apple and Microsoft. Cygnus applied for its patent in June of 2001 and was granted the patent in March of this year. U.S. Patent 7346850 covers a "system and method for iconic software environment management." Though ...

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From PC World: A small Indiana company has sued tech heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, and Google, claiming that it holds the patent on a common file preview feature used by browsers and operating systems to show users small snapshots of the files before they are opened. Cygnus Systems ...