Re: Maximize and Minimize

Subject: Re: Maximize and Minimize
From: "Margaret Secara" <margaret -dot- secara -at- alphather -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:54:58 -0700


GUIs have windows. No one complains. You just can't call your OS "Windows" unless you're MS.

Maggie
~Clams got windows!

>>> Sandy Harris <pashley -at- storm -dot- ca> Tuesday, April 16, 2002 >>>

Janice Gelb wrote:
> "Maximize" and "minimize" are definitely public domain
> words. However, I wouldn't go so far as a general statement
> about the difficulties Microsoft would have trademarking
> an ordinary term - they managed to trademark "Windows,"
> didn't they?

Certainly they think so, but a court recently questioned that point.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/03/18/020318hnlindows.xml?0320weli




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