Apple And Palm Rattle Litigation Sabres

Apple And Palm Rattle Litigation Sabres

A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats concerning multi-touch technology. Apple's acting chief executive, Tim Cook, made a number of comments in last week's earnings call about the company's intellectual property and its willingness to defend it in court.



"I don't want to talk about any specific company. I'm just making a general statement that we think competition is good. It makes us all better. And we are ready to suit up and go against anyone."

While Cook refused to be drawn on the target of the remarks, it has widely been interpreted as a warning to Palm over its Pre device, which uses multi-touch controls in a similar way to the iPhone.