The article, unfortunately, sensationalizes a bit and looks to the specifications to show how Palm designed around Apple's patents. But Palm didn't need to design around the specification. Palm only needed to design around the claims. They did this as well, it turns out, but the article doesn't highlight that.
The article, unfortunately, sensationalizes a bit and looks to the specifications to show how Palm designed around Apple's patents. But Palm didn't need to design around the specification. Palm only needed to design around the claims. They did this as well, it turns out, but the article doesn't highlight that.