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Google, Microsoft, Apple sued over preview icons
Google, Microsoft, Apple sued over preview icons
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 ...
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Cygnus Systems Sues Google, Microsoft and Apple Over Preview Icons
techPowerUp! — ... many other potentially infringing products that we're investigating." In the suit, Cygnus Systems targets Google's Chrome, Microsoft's Vista and Internet Explorer 8, and Apple's iPhone, Safari, and Mac OS X as patent infringers. The case was filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona. The company is looking for compensation and a court injunction preventing further infringement of their patent. Responses from Google, Microsoft and Apple are still expected. Source: CNET News

Cygnus Systems Sues Google, Microsoft and Apple Over Preview Icons
BurnOutPC.com — ... “We’ve identified many other potentially infringing products that we’re investigating.” In the suit, Cygnus Systems targets Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s Vista and Internet Explorer 8, and Apple’s iPhone, Safari, and Mac OS X as patent infringers. The case was filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona. The company is looking for compensation and a court injunction preventing further infringement of their patent. Responses from Google, Microsoft and Apple are still expected. Source: CNET News ...

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