Fwd: old hardware help requested

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, John Foust wrote: It's a design copyright. For instance, remember Apple suing other companies that came out with colorful computer cases after they released the iMac? http://news.com.com/2100-1040-227942.html http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,20537,00.html I don't know what the outcome of those cases is (too lazy to search more). This one is so banal as to be ridiculous though. How you can copyright a specific feature is beyond me. I thought the American copyright/patent system was brain-dead... Maybe Wayne can shed some light? -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *