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I doubt that this would pose an issue for most bits of desktop software UI. Most UI patents tend to be focused on specific parts of apps (e.g. the Instagram pro

I doubt that this would pose an issue for most bits of desktop software UI. Most UI patents tend to be focused on specific parts of apps (e.g. the Instagram profile page layout), rather than on more broad UI features like toolbars. They also tend to be more focused on mobile UI, desktop UI hasn’t really moved much in the past 20 years aside from cosmetic tweaks.

ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
And, if I cleave to the Apple toolset (as opposed to rewriting it, like I used to), that stuff is sorted. Apple has much better lawyers than I'll ever be able to afford. Also, I use lots of dependencies. It's just that they are generally ones that I wrote. I have control issues, I guess... Everyone wants to write unique UI, but I've learned that's a trap. I write about that, here: https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/the-road-most-traveled-by/ https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/the-road-most-travel...