>>>I know that it could be different in Canada and in the U.S.A.
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>>>Are there laws protecting by default the look & feel of an application or would I have to contact a lawyer to do it?
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>>Don't know about Canada, but in the US, in general, courts have ruled that you can't protect look and feel.
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>>Tamar
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>So would this mean that any enterprise could make an app. that looks exactly like mine?
It's done all the time even back as far as Lotus 123 and Quattro - they didn't just "look the same" they behaved the same.
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