non-Profit human rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in the category "most Stupid patent of the month" gave primacy Microsoft. This company is in the middle of December has filed a lawsuit against Corel for infringement of a patent on the slider, which is officially named "user Interface for framing the display screen," reports the official website of EFF.

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non-Profit human rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in the category "most Stupid patent of the month" gave primacy Microsoft. This company is in the middle of December has filed a lawsuit against Corel for infringement of a patent on the slider, which is officially named "user Interface for framing the display screen," reports the official website of EFF.

the Slider was spotted in one of the Corel products under the name WordPerfect Office, which is very similar to office software package Microsoft. SlashGear emphasizes that Corel did this on purpose — so the user will quickly get used to their program.

Microsoft filed a patent on this element of the interface back in 2006. Then the idea of the slider from basic elements such as circles, symbols and lines could be apparent, which served as a sufficient criterion for the grant of a patent. If Microsoft wins the trial, then even such an insignificant item will be able to demand all the profits from the sales of Corel Home Office.

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