Comments on: The Ongoing Debate on Who Owns Multi-Touch http://blog.inm.com/2009/the_ongoing_debate_on_who_owns_multi_tou/ Exploring the impact of rich user experiences on your business Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: renommierte Kasinos http://blog.inm.com/2009/the_ongoing_debate_on_who_owns_multi_tou/comment-page-1/#comment-33 renommierte Kasinos Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:28:05 +0000 #comment-33 First time I came across your site.Really I find it very informative. So thanks for it..There’s much debate going on these days on who is the rightful owner of ‘multi-touch’ – a technology that has moved into many areas of our day to day life and become a pervasive part of our experiences. First time I came across your site.Really I find it very informative. So thanks for it..There’s much debate going on these days on who is the rightful owner of ‘multi-touch’ – a technology that has moved into many areas of our day to day life and become a pervasive part of our experiences.

]]> By: AJ http://blog.inm.com/2009/the_ongoing_debate_on_who_owns_multi_tou/comment-page-1/#comment-32 AJ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:46:20 +0000 #comment-32 I'd like to see multitouch combined with some of that IBM natural-language speech recognition they were working on back in the 90s -- the old "Put That There" demos that used gesture recognition without any special pointers or gizmos. Mark Lucente used to work on that: http://www.lucente.us/ I’d like to see multitouch combined with some of that IBM natural-language speech recognition they were working on back in the 90s — the old “Put That There” demos that used gesture recognition without any special pointers or gizmos. Mark Lucente used to work on that: http://www.lucente.us/

]]> By: Bill Buxton http://blog.inm.com/2009/the_ongoing_debate_on_who_owns_multi_tou/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Bill Buxton Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:26:19 +0000 #comment-31 The notion that anyone "owns multi-touch" is a bit peculiar. Nobody can patent "multi-touch" and anyone suggesting that this is possible or is the case, simply does not understand patents or patent law. Much of the early work which demonstrated optical and capacitive technologies for multi-touch, as well as pinching, and other gestures, is public domain. Furthermore, the basic concepts and technologies are old enough that the patents have already expired or about to expire for some of the early work that was patented. Multi-touch is like any other technology. "Ownership", such as the term makes sense, is spread out amongst the public domain, and various corporate and academic institutions. The notion that anyone “owns multi-touch” is a bit peculiar. Nobody can patent “multi-touch” and anyone suggesting that this is possible or is the case, simply does not understand patents or patent law. Much of the early work which demonstrated optical and capacitive technologies for multi-touch, as well as pinching, and other gestures, is public domain. Furthermore, the basic concepts and technologies are old enough that the patents have already expired or about to expire for some of the early work that was patented.

Multi-touch is like any other technology. “Ownership”, such as the term makes sense, is spread out amongst the public domain, and various corporate and academic institutions.

]]> By: Marsha http://blog.inm.com/2009/the_ongoing_debate_on_who_owns_multi_tou/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Marsha Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:42:46 +0000 #comment-30 I previously had not heard anything about Moixa but thanks to your office to learn a lot. I previously had not heard anything about Moixa but thanks to your office to learn a lot.

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