Microsoft, Apple and Google as a result of patent infringement at the same time the defendant

Recently, the U.S. state of Indiana, a small company Cygnus Systems to Microsoft, Apple and Google come together on the court, saying they violated their patent, the patent is in a web browser and operating system used in the open Documents show that before the picture preview of the technology. Cygnus Systems on Wednesday formally to the Arizona Federal Court of Appeal, the prosecution of three companies in Vista, IE8, Google Chrome, Mac OS X, iPhone and Safari and other products ( apple A1175 , apple A1185 , apple A1079 , apple A1078 )used in the document preview images are a violation of Cygnus Systems patent. Cygnus said the lawyer, Gregory Swartz, president of the company developed the technology and patent applications, we hope that through legal means to resolve this problem, although we are faced with the three companies are industry giants, but we will not back down. In the hope that the court to prohibit further infringement, the company is considering a "reasonable cost of the mandate." It is reported that, Cygnus in 2001 to apply for the patent technology (# 7346850), which includes the "icon and the software environment management system", and in March this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's approval. At present, Microsoft, Apple and Google in the lawsuits were not released an official statement.