Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1994-09-19

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RYMER, Circuit Judge: Lisa and Macintosh are Apple computers. Each has a graphical user interface (“GUI”) which Apple Computer, Inc. registered for copyright as an audiovisual work. Both GUIs were developed as a user-friendly way for ordinary mortals to communicate with the Apple computer; the Lisa Desktop and the Macintosh Finder…

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