“On March 18th, a company called Cygnus Systems was granted a slightly dull-sounding patent for ‘System and Method for Iconic Software Environment Management.’ Now, the development’s looking more significant, as Cygnus has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, Microsoft, and Apple,” Doug Caverly reports for WebProNews.

“According to an updated complaint Cygnus filed on December 26th, ‘The ’850 Patent generally relates to methods of and systems for accessing one or more computer files via a graphical icon, wherein the graphical icon includes an image of a selected portion or portions of the one or more computer files,’” Caverly reports.

“It noted that the operating systems and browsers produced by the three bigger corporations incorporate the concept, and asked for unspecified damages as a result. Cygnus would appreciate receiving prejudgment interest, attorneys’ fees, and anything else the court sees fit, too,” Caverly reports.

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