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The Dock patent is specifically on the dynamic resizing and repositioning of icons when moused over. A plain collection of icons won't infringe this patent. Th
by throwawaykf03 13y ago
The Dock patent is specifically on the dynamic resizing and repositioning of icons when moused over. A plain collection of icons won't infringe this patent.
The second patent is a design patent, which means you'd have to have a menu exactly like that to infringe.
Funnily enough, one of the icons in the figures in the first patent is for Internet Explorer. I think I also spied one for Word.
- rsynnott 13y agoIt's from 1999; at that time, Apple shipped IE.
- throwawaykf03 13y agoYep, just seems funny today.
- thrillgore 13y agoI actually never understood the usability behind growing/shrinking the Dock icons. Good icons have enough of a profile to be distinguishable when they're small.