Look and Feel Lawsuits (was: Copyrighting trivial code)

[paradis at encore.UUCP]

I just thought of something... if Lotus wins their "look and feel" lawsuit,
they will effectively have control over a very large portion of the electronic
spreadsheet market.  Would that not then make them a potential target for
an anti-trust lawsuit?  Think about it... Lotus is in the perfect position
to end up the loser.  They're big enough to squeeze out little guys, but
they're not big enough to confound the Justice Department the way IBM did!

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