I was looking at GameSpy Arcade, and noticed that their vertical menu on the left handside is using a similar Genie effect that apple uses on their dock. You know, when you scroll with the mouse, and the icons go bigger and smaller when you scroll near them... etc.
How was gamespy allowed to do this? Is the above trademarked by apple? Or is this a free idea, allowed to be copied by anyone else?
I was also wondering if the jumping of the icon when selected, was also trademarked?
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
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I forgot to mention, if a software company decided to build a front-end with these two in mind, would they get sued by Apple?
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How was gamespy allowed to do this? Is the above trademarked by apple? Or is this a free idea, allowed to be copied by anyone else?
I was also wondering if the jumping of the icon when selected, was also trademarked?
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
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I forgot to mention, if a software company decided to build a front-end with these two in mind, would they get sued by Apple?
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