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The patent describes something very like Moom's "Grid" feature (I think the «select more than one selectable region» bit is the key restriction). So if the patent stands up, I suppose they'd have the option of just removing that feature.
Oh dear. I guess Spectacle (the app I use that does a similar thing) will be on a pretty long list of those to follow.
I've been using Magnet for a while now. It seems much more stable and efficient than Spectacle. Hopefully it will not end up on this chopping block as well. http://magnet.crowdcafe.com/
Oh dear. I guess Spectacle (the app I use that does a similar thing) will be on a pretty long list of those to follow.
Does Spectical have a grid UI like that? I've only ever used keyboard shortcuts to position the windows using it. If it doesn't have that grid UI selector thing then I think it's fine.
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My main beef with patents (from a layperson's perspective) is that due consideration isn't adequately given to the effort taken by the patent owner to provide some sort of value to society in general. What use is a novel invention if the patent owner does nothing with it. I would argue that Moom or other apps have provided more value to society at-large as compared to the patent owner.
One could argue that securing the patent puts the innovation into the public domain. Otherwise it might have stayed inside one person or company's domain. Then died with them.
That leaves aside the liabilities that reading patents to learn about technologies can open you up to, in the form of "willful infringement.
I remember using software from Barco to position application Windows on a videowall that predates that patent at least five years.
Maybe getting prior art at hand could be good (just a suggestion)
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but it was completely not novel at the time of the patent
What other tiling WMs had the same gui menu to select layout?
knowing absolutely nothing about patent law, I'm surprised that tiling window managers are not considered prior art or would at least mean this idea is not novel.
Read the patent. I'm not aware of any TWMs implementing the kind of grid interface Moom is using.
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I've been using Magnet for a while now. It seems much more stable and efficient than Spectacle. Hopefully it will not end up on this chopping block as well. http://magnet.crowdcafe.com/
Magnet author here. We’re from Europe, Czech Republic in particular, so I don’t think we’re a viable target for a US patent troll. Glad you like our app!
What's the best way to prevent patent trolls from suing you? Or is it more like hoping to just have luck and not get sued?