WITH numerous rivals to the iPhone expected to be launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, next week, Apple says it will defend the device’s touch-screen technology should anybody dare to copy it. But an aggressive legal battle would be a mistake, say technology analysts.
On an iPhone, you can zoom in on part of the screen by moving two fingers apart and zoom out by moving them back together. Apple acquired this multi-touch technology along with a collection of patents when it bought a firm called FingerWorks.
Until early January, only the iPhone had multi-touch technology, but…
