Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!usc!pollux.usc.edu!papa From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Fwd: Xerox - Apple Computer Suit -2- Message-ID: <21889@usc.edu> Date: 20 Dec 89 20:20:15 GMT References: <21871@usc.edu> <129486@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@usc.edu Reply-To: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) Organization: USC Lines: 23 This just in. From today's Wall Street Journal: "APPLE COMPUTER INC. AGREES TO SETTLEMENT OF PATENT DISPUTE Apple Computer Inc. said it agreed to settle a patent dispute with two tiny Los Altos, Calif., software companies. As part of the settlement, Apple will make a one-time payment to Quickview Systems Inc. and HyperRacks Inc., both run by programmer Paul Heckel. Apple declined to disclose the size of the payment, but a source close to the settlement described it as substantial. HyperRacks filed suit in September, charging that Apple's Hypercard software infringed on a patent held by HyperRacks." This doesn't seem the best of Christmas at Apple (sagging sales in the low end machines, stock price nose diving, 2 lawsuits pending, one settled at a loss :^) -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=