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TGT Soft sues Stardock
The makers of the popular Style XP software have decided to take the holiday spirit in their stride by filing a lawsuit against the software company Stardock. The lawsuit essentially asks for a declaration that TGT Soft can use Stardock's IconPackager format without being liable.
[blockquote]This incident began last month with the first beta of Style XP 2.0 which had a button labeled “Add an Icon Pack” which when pressed opened a dialog in which they could load a .iptheme or .ip file (IconPackager files). We were fairly annoyed that 1) They would try to compete with IconPackager/Object Desktop by using IconPackager files (remember, they sell this thing), 2) That they didn’t even give us credit for our icon packaging format but instead referred to them as “icon packs” as if .ipthemes were some generic term created by the ASCII group or something and 3) They didn’t even create icon packages but rather planned to just exploit the popularity of IconPackager which we’ve worked hard and long on for many years to make popular.[/blockquote]
[link=http://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=224206]The full report[/link]
[blockquote]This incident began last month with the first beta of Style XP 2.0 which had a button labeled “Add an Icon Pack” which when pressed opened a dialog in which they could load a .iptheme or .ip file (IconPackager files). We were fairly annoyed that 1) They would try to compete with IconPackager/Object Desktop by using IconPackager files (remember, they sell this thing), 2) That they didn’t even give us credit for our icon packaging format but instead referred to them as “icon packs” as if .ipthemes were some generic term created by the ASCII group or something and 3) They didn’t even create icon packages but rather planned to just exploit the popularity of IconPackager which we’ve worked hard and long on for many years to make popular.[/blockquote]
[link=http://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=224206]The full report[/link]
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I'm guessing that they're going to file for bankruptcy soon?