Apple (Mostly) Isn't to Blame For the Patent Mess

"For example, NYU’s Jeff Han demonstrated a set of sophisticated multi-touch applications at a 2006 TED Talk. Apple’s genius was largely to recognize that these same multi-touch gestures could be usefully translated to the form-factor of a cell phone."

Han's talk was Aug. 2006 and the iPhone was unveiled Jan. 2007. It seems like a joke to imply Apple saw the demo and realized it could apply that to a phone that it showed 3 months later. Just look at how long it's taken Android to get proper multitouch. It doesn't happen in 3 month.