On Oct 14, 2009, at 2:00 AM, Olli Pettay wrote:
On 10/14/09 3:40 AM, Garrett Smith wrote:
A blatant violation of US Patent: US20090225039.
Thanks for this information! I was a bit afraid of that Apple
might have done something evil like this.
[1] seems to be dated Sept. 10 2009.
-Olli
[1]
http://www.patents.com/TOUCH-EVENT-MODEL-PROGRAMMING-INTERFACE/US20090225039/en-US/
I note that Apple is a member of the Web Apps Working Group and thus
subject to the W3C Patent Policy with respect to Web Apps WG
deliverables. I can't comment on whether Apple would exclude any
patent claims relating to this area, if they turn out to be essential
claims.
Regards,
Maciej
