Palm, Inc. announced that it will appeal the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York issued December 20. The decision held that Palm’s Graffiti handwriting-recognition technology infringes a U.S. patent held by Xerox Corporation.

“We assert that the Graffiti handwriting technology does not infringe the Xerox patent and that Palm has strong arguments to support its defense,” said Eric Benhamou, chairman and chief executive officer of Palm, Inc. “Palm will defend itself vigorously and does not intend for this litigation to affect its business strategy or business model nor that of its licensees.”