thoughts?
Begin forwarded message:
This all gets traced back to Wayne Westerman, and his partner John
Elias, who hold the multi-touch patent.
"The key here is that Westerman's Ph.D. thesis shows he was aware of
Bell Labs and other prior art and gestures such as pinching," says
Perez-Fernandez.
"Also, Westerman's key patents were earned when he worked for the
University of Delaware. That means, they belong to the University
and some of the later patents may not be innovative enough to
deserve getting granted."
And he also suggests that Apple might have a bigger target in mind
than tiny Palm, still with no release date or price on the Pre.
"They are also trying to pre-empt Microsoft's use of multi-touch in
Windows 7 and they are trying to trademark multi-touch, which is
ridiculous since the term has been used openly for a long time."
Perez-Fernandez argues that Apple has no legal ground to stand on,
and while the sabre-rattling might be rattling some competitor
stocks, if Apple were to move forward with any litigation based on
this, it could prove more threatening to itself than to any of its
rivals.
As I have written before, this issue ain't disappearing any time
soon, but if Perez-Fernandez's arguments carry some weight, Palm
investors might have a little less to worry about.
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