__/ [ Daniel James ] on Thursday 29 June 2006 16:37 \__
> In article news:<1180807.GUp1AvrbLv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz
> wrote:
>> Palm to pay $22.5 mln to settle Xerox suit
>
> Eh?
>
> I though the courts had decided that Xerox had no case, some months ago?
>
> Have I missed an installment?
>
> There certainly *should* be no case. Using one stylus stroke per character
> is no more inventive than using one keyboard stroke per character -- what
> Graffiti does is exactly analogous to the way we use a keyboard. I would
> have hoped that Xerox could be forced to pay Palm many millions for wasting
> their time with this stupid patent claim that very clearly had no merit.
>
> .. but they do say that the law is an ass ...
True. Reminds me of an old rant of mine... <
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/03/25/ip-negative-effect/ >.
Luckily, I never let myself learn G2, so the effect was minor.
Best wishes,
Roy
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