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2009-08-24 , 05:15
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Not sure if Apple still "owns" the patent to multi-touch. Last I heard some company in Asia was suing Apple for patent infringement over multi-touch.
From what i remember, Apple never owned the patent to MT and tried to buy the company that developed it but the owners realised there was a lot money to be made licensing it instead.

So i think Apple invested in the company in exchange for a period exclusivity of around 2 years and the patent only applied to a narrow usage case.

I could be wrong on this but i remember hearing it being discussed on TWIT a while back.