I'm on a team implementing a design tool, and while researching potential problematic software patents, we came across this: https://patents.justia.com/patent/11481083<p>Is it just me, or did they actually manage to patent flexbox, which their "auto layout" feature copies closely?
The Copyright Office’s Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, 3rd Edition states that:<p>> <i>procedures, processes, and methods of operation are not copyrightable, the Office generally will refuse to register claims based solely on CSS.</i><p>Also W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures: <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/css/ipr" rel="nofollow">https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/css/ipr</a>
Could this be what they've patented?<p><a href="https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040450233-Arrange-layers-with-Smart-selection" rel="nofollow">https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040450233-Arrang...</a>