Palm Inc. said Tuesday it settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed nine years ago by Xerox Corp. for $22.5 million. Sunnyvale-based Palm, which makes hand-held computers and phones, said the dispute was over "Graffiti" software -- which is called "Unistrokes" by Rochester, N.Y.-based Xerox -- that lets users enter their data through alphabet-type symbols on their Palm screens. In April 1997, Xerox sued, claiming that the handwriting-recognition technology infringed a Xerox patent. With the agreement, Palm will receive a fully paid-up license for three Xerox patents, including Unistrokes, and a seven-year mutual covenant not to sue for patent infringement within certain fields of use.

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