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To: Ausdauer who wrote (5816)	5/26/1999 6:51:00 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 60323

Aus, the simple answer to the Microsoft/Apple GUI issue is that the "look and feel" criteria was established by the court too long after the infringement took place. That is, the law was different when the damage took place. Second, there was a question as to whether the agreement between Apple and Microsoft allowed Microsoft to use the icons ONLY on its initial version of Windows, or whether it applied to later versions. The litigation was resolved many years later, only after Apple agreed not to pursue it, in return for Microsoft agreeing to make updated versions of its application software for the newer versions of the Macintosh system.