references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message the iconfactory homepage of the iconfactory . web address iconfactory.com commercial freeware icons shareware software type of site icon and gui customization database owner corey marion talos tsui and gedeon maheux launched april 1996 alexa rank 153 562 april 2014 update 1 the iconfactory is a small software and graphic design company that specializes in creating icons and software for creating and using icons . the company was founded in april 1996 by corey marion talos tsui and gedeon maheux . lead engineer craig hockenberry joined the company in 1997 and artist dave brasgalla joined in january 1999 . the company incorporated in january 2000 . the iconfactory gained popularity through the creation of packages of free icons for download but quickly grew to become one of the leading studios in commercial icon design . the iconfactory also publishes software for creating organizing and using icons as well as general gui applications . from 1997 until 2004 the iconfactory held an annual icon design contest for the macintosh icon community called pixelpalooza . the competition was a chance for aspiring artists from all over the world to design and produce original icon creations for the chance of winning software and hardware prizes . pixelpalooza was discontinued in 2005 although the company says it may make a return in the future . the iconfactory s most notable client project to date was creating over 100 icons for microsoft to be included in the windows xp 2 operating system as well as creating the base icons in windows vista s aero interface . 3 they have also created over 100 icons for the xbox 360 ui and website . 4 contents 1 software 2 sales 3 alleged patent infringement 4 see also 5 references 6 external links software edit iconbuilder adobe photoshop plugin for creating icons . candybar tool to organize and change system icons . ipulse utility to visualize system activity . frenzic puzzle game that takes minutes to learn and months to master . frenzic mobile iphone and ipod touch version of frenzic . xscope tool for measuring elements on screen . dine o matic dashboard widget to help decide where to eat . downloadcheck simple utility inspired by the mp3concept trojan horse twitterrific utility to monitor and post to the social networking site twitter . twitterrific mobile iphone and ipod touch version of twitterrific which won an apple design award in 2008 . 5 ramp champ a new twist on classic boardwalk carnival games such as skee ball for the iphone and ipod touch developed with ds media labs . take five program that fades paused music back in after being forgotten after a distraction . flare photo editing program for adding effects to and editing pictures . discontinued pixadex icon management tool similar to iphoto . replaced by candybar . icondropper icon management utility for system 7 mac os 8 and mac os 9 . replaced by pixadex . icontrol utility to change any system icon in mac os 8 & 9 . replaced by candybar . candybar and pixadex were maintained with panic . xscope and frenzic are maintained with artis software . sales edit in 2010 the total sales for the iconfactory was us 370 000 6 alleged patent infringement edit on may 31 2011 lodsys asserted two of its four patents u.s. patent no. 7 620 565 the 565 patent on a customer based design module and u.s. patent no. 7 222 078 the 078 patent on methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity across a network . against iconfactory and 6 other developers for using apple inc. s api for in app purchase . 7 see also edit computer icons wikipedia icons iconbuilder icon composer references edit iconfactory.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . the iconfactory . iconfactory design windows xp . archived from the original on august 21 2006 . retrieved 2006 01 18 . softpedia . windows vista icons the prototypes . retrieved 2009 03 01 . the iconfactory . iconfactory design xbox 360 . archived from the original on january 15 2007 . retrieved 2007 01 19 . app icon maker . yahoo . 2008 07 10 . archived from the original on april 21 2013 . retrieved 2008 07 10 . hoovers profile for iconfactory last viewed 6 1 2011 lodsys sues 7 app developers in eastern texas disagrees with apple ; 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