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To: TShirtPrinter who wrote (1375)	1/10/2000 10:00:00 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 12239

Xerox Wins Ruling Over 3com On Patent PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Xerox Corp. has won a ruling that will allow the world's biggest copier company to pursue claims that 3Com Corp. infringed on a Xerox handwriting technology patent used in 3Com's top-selling Palm handheld computers. 3Com made the disclosure in a quarterly filing on Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ``We are certainly encouraged by the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office, and it's our intention to continue to plead the case in court,' Xerox spokesman Jeff Simek told Reuters. He said the case will resume in active litigation, but that Stamford, Connecticut-based Xerox remains open to a negotiated settlement. A 3Com (COMS.O) spokesman did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. Xerox (XRX.N) sued U.S. Robotics, which was later acquired by 3Com, in U.S. District Court in April 1997, claiming that the handwriting input technology marketed as Graffiti and used in the Palm Pilot violated its patent. ``Xerox's contention is that that technology was originally invented at our Palo Alto research center, and we refer to it as 'unistrokes,' Simek said. ``Basically, 3Com subsequently asked the Patent Office to take a look and see whether Xerox's patent was valid, and the court case was sort of held up by that action,' Simek said. 'The Patent Office has in effect validated that the case could continue.' ``Clearly, we would like to either reach a settlement with 3Com out of court, or continue to pursue the remedies that are available through the court action,' Simek said, adding that Xerox ``has always been open' to a settlement. 3Com, which has sold more than 5 million of the Palm devices, has filed to sell a stake of the Palm Computing unit in an initial public offering.

To: TShirtPrinter who wrote (1375)	1/10/2000 10:22:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 12239

*Homer* A 'homer' is also a job you do at work, such as welding up a bicycle or trailer, on company time with company materials and equipment. But maybe that's just a NZ tradition. I suppose Homer Simpson members.aol.com is named after that tradition or more likely Homer as in the literary guy, who I believe was a Greek. Oh well, I'll check Alta Vista and see what IT [TM] tells me [so far IT doesn't tell me to, "quit messing about and get back to work"]. Heck, there were 250,000 references to Homer! Good grief. Here's one amazon.com Apparently Homer was a Greek who used to figure stuff out. I suppose that's where Homer Simpson got his name. Incidentally, Amazon.com seems to be flooding the search engine with references to books they sell. Mq