MILPITAS, Calif.-A U.S. Appeals Court affirmed a New York District Court’s ruling that Palm Inc. infringed on a Xerox Corp. patent for handwriting recognition, but the court also sent the case back to the District Court to examine the validity of the patent in question.
“We are delighted that the Court of Appeals has overturned the summary judgment with respect to the validity of the patent,” said Eric Benhamou, Palm chairman and chief executive officer. “This ruling recognizes the strength of Palm’s arguments with respect to the fundamental question of validity.”
Xerox filed the suit in 1997 alleging Palm’s Graffiti handwriting recognition software infringed on one of its patents. Interestingly, Palm just last month said it will switch to a new handwriting recognition software from Communication Intelligence Corp., which will be dubbed “Graffiti 2 powered by Jot.”
