Palm/3Com Graffiti A Patent Infringement on Xerox

Olmy's Jart writes "According to this article on money.cnn.com, a judge has ruled that graffiti, the one stroke shorthand used on Palm Pilots, infringes a Xerox patent for "unistrokes". Really light on details and no links to betters sites, unfortunately." MSNBC also has the story.

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Re:Patents are the death of IP

[Ether Trogg]

Sorry, but the strangling of innovation by the overuse of patents is patented.

Oh, and recessions have been patented. By the New York Stock Exchange, I think.

Artificial constructs are patented.

There's a copyright on stifling.

Finger-pointing's patented.

Corrupt companies? Bought politicians? Yep, both patented. (Patent #666 by "Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Baal, LLC.")

And I think hurting is covered by the DMCA.

Face it, we're screwed.

Aww, dammit! Screwing's been patented!