On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 16:55 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > Some folks were telling me that they thought that our > avant-window-navigator package might be infringing on: > > US patent 7434177 > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=7,434,177 > http://www.wikipatents.com/US-Patent-7434177/user-interface-for-providing-consolidation-and-access > > Any thoughts on this? I don't see mention of it in the review for the > package: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238863 > > Does the patent only deal with the "Zoom" functionality? > Or is there just anything that lists a bunch of icons? It looks like each of the independent claims refers to either magification or movement of icons in response to the mouse. A simple row of icons does not appear to be covered, and if it were, I am guessing Active Desktop toolbars in Windows 95 would be prior art. But IANAL. -- Matt _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
