Taskbar grouping patented by MS - Mentions kde-look ml as reference

[Lukáš Tinkl]

Dne so 3. července 2004 13:26 Karl-Heinz Zimmer napsal(a):
> Am Samstag, 3. Juli 2004 02:10 schrieb Pupeno:
> > On Friday July 2 2004 07:10, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&
> > >
> > > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=113191&threshold=2&commentsort=0&ti
> > >d=15 5&mode=nested&cid=9589101
> >
> > So, what happens now ? taskbar grouping will have to be removed from KDE
> > ? Where does this patent apply ? USA ? world ?
>
> Even worse: They also have patented the _taskbar_ itself!
>
> see: United States Patent 5920316
> filed November 4, 1997
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2F
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> Wasn't there any "taskbar with Start menu button" prior-art before 1997?
>
> Karl-Heinz

Didn't the first KDE release (in 1996?) include a taskbar?

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