[SLUG] Software patents

[Paul Teasdale]

Jonathan Worthington wrote:
> An idea 
> for laying a program out or a particular way of doing a user interface 
> may well be patentable.  I know that certain GUI components have been 
> patented in the past though.  Maybe some are now.  Here's one on a type 
> of scroll bar:-
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5339391.html
> 
Also Apple has a patent for the look and feel of iTunes. So it seems in 
the US "look and feel" patents can be obtained.

http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/12/1922242&mode=thread

Regards,

Paul.