Digital BW, The Print

This could be scary. Better get the latest version NOW...<g>

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Oct. 19, 2001 | SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
Software-maker Macromedia Inc. is claiming it owns the patent 
to Adobe Systems Inc.'s popular Photoshop program, according 
to a suit filed in federal court Friday. Macromedia, of San 
Francisco, alleges that the technology behind San Jose-based 
Adobe's Photoshop and GoLive programs was patented by 
Macromedia in 1998. The programs are used for creating and 
editing Web sites and other uses.

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More at:

http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2001/10/19/macromedia_adobe/

Can't make enough money in the market, try to make it in the courts? What could be patented by 
Macromedia in '98, liquify? I wonder if anyone bought, or updated, Pshop because of that? 
Anyone see anything else that's been added since '98 that might be the offending part? This 
article can't be accurate: "claiming it owns the patent".

Tim

> This could be scary. Better get the latest version NOW...<g>
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Oct. 19, 2001 | SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
> Software-maker Macromedia Inc. is claiming it owns the patent 
> to Adobe Systems Inc.'s popular Photoshop program...
> technology behind San Jose-based 
> Adobe's Photoshop and GoLive programs was patented by 
> Macromedia in 1998.--
Tim Spragens
http://www.borderless-photos.com
&
http://www.borderless-photos.de

Mark,

If it is anything like all the lawsuits we see around here in Silicon 
Valley it will circle through the courts for a few years, provide aid 
for needy corporate lawyers and end in some out of court settlement.

I would not worry about the next version of Photoshop, at least not 
on that account. Might actually stimulate the next version if they 
need to replace the offending code. 

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Mark Tucker" 
<mtucker508@y...> wrote:

> This could be scary. Better get the latest version NOW...<g>
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Oct. 19, 2001 | SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
> Software-maker Macromedia Inc. is claiming it owns the patent 
> to Adobe Systems Inc.'s popular Photoshop program, according 
> to a suit filed in federal court Friday. Macromedia, of San 
> Francisco, alleges that the technology behind San Jose-based 
> Adobe's Photoshop and GoLive programs was patented by 
> Macromedia in 1998. The programs are used for creating and 
> editing Web sites and other uses.
> 
> </snip>
> 
> More at:
> 
> http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2001/10/19/macromedia_adobe/