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		egypturnash 42 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool... Adobe sued Macromedia because the floating palettes in Flash worked just like the ones in Photoshop. Flash MX had a much-revised, shittier UI.

Fraaaank 42 days ago [–]

Well, sort of. They sued because they believed Macromedia infringed on their patents. That's something else than merely visual similarity.

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