this was from=20
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41300,00.html
Xerox Wins Patent Infringement Case Against Palm, 3Com=20
Thursday, December 20, 2001
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. =C2=A0=E2=80=94=C2=A0Xerox Corp.said Thursday it won a paten=
t infringement suit=20
against 3Com Corp.and Palm Inc., as a judge ruled that their handheld=20
electronic organizers do infringe on Xerox patents for handwriting=20
recognition software.=20
Judge Michael Telesca, U.S. District Court for the Western Districk of New=20
York ruled that Xerox's "656 patent is valid and enforceable," and that the=20
"Graffiti product infringers (it)."=20
The decision ends the liability portion of the case and clears the way for=20
Xerox to seek damages. Xerox said it will push for Palm to either to stop=20
making its handheld electronic organizers, which use the handwriting=20
recognition software, or license the technology from Xerox.=20
Xerox sued U.S. Robotics, which was later acquired by 3Com, in April 1997,=20
claiming that the handwriting recognition technology marketed as Graffiti an=
d=20
used on Palm handheld devices infringed a patent Xerox received in 1997.=20
Xerox said the technology was invented at its Palo Alto Research Center,=20
known as PARC.=20
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