Rosyna Keller
That is, NSSplitView predates the Indian trademark by at least 5 years. https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSSplitView_Class/ …
Indian court rules Apple must stop using the purely descriptive term 'Split View' in trademark spat. NSSplitView?! http://www.macnn.com/articles/16/04/08/microsoft.developer.complains.that.theyve.been.using.the.term.for.a.decade.133418/ …
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@al45tair, NSSplitView appears to originate in 1994 (if not earlier internally). http://www.gnustep.org/resources/OpenStepSpec/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSSplitView.html … -
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@rosyna I think I see an NSSplitView in “Digital Librarian” in this NeXTStep 1.0 screenshot (so maybe even 1989…). http://toastytech.com/guis/ns10.html -
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@rosyna Of course, but if anyone has the NeXTStep programming manuals, I wouldn’t be surprised if they found it there.
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@rosyna Intellectual Property law is a goldmine of stupid decisions, especially as it relates to computers.
Alastair Houghton
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