> He found his answer in an Atari arcade machine. Its trackball seemed perfect for the job.
Would that not have been patented? Did Apple licence it from Atari? If they did, they were lucky that Atari allowed it – Atari might simply have denied Apple a license.
EDIT: Replace “Atari” with “whoever owned the patent”.
Would that not have been patented? Did Apple licence it from Atari? If they did, they were lucky that Atari allowed it – Atari might simply have denied Apple a license.
EDIT: Replace “Atari” with “whoever owned the patent”.