Adobe Won Patent Lawsuit Against Macromedia

over the latter's use of tabbed palettes according to this News.Com article. The jury awarded a rather modest $2.8 million in damages.

In another legal action that may affect Macromedia, Apple filed suit against Sorenson because the latter licensed a codec to Macromedia for its video integration in Flash 6 MX, a codec that Apple believes it has specific rights to through its license with Sorenson.

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