Is so.
yes, Xerox, under a new CEO who was unaware of what had actually transpired years before his tenure, did indeed sue and lost when Apple provided the court with the documentary evidence of the $7 million dollars in Apple Computer Inc. Preferred Stock granted to Xerox in exchange for the privilege of having two 8 hour visits at PARC AND using what they learned there.
. . . "Similarly, Xerox PARC invented modern desktop computing. Windows, icons, mice, pulldown menus, "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG) printing, networked workstations, object-oriented programming -- the works. Xerox the copier company feared the paperless office and formed a think tank to invent it before anybody else could, but once its commandos had succeeded, it simply couldn't bring itself to disrupt its core business of making copiers."Xerox could have owned the PC revolution, but instead it sat on the technology for years. Then, in exchange for the opportunity to invest in a hot new pre-IPO start-up called "Apple," the Xerox PARC commandos were forced -- under protest -- to give Apple's engineers a tour and a demonstration of their work. The result was the Apple Macintosh, which Microsoft later copied to create Windows.
"On the other hand, Xerox did put a windowing interface on a little display on the side of some of its copiers.". . . - Rob Landley
The actual fact, is that Xerox's "investment" in Apple was not cash but rather what Jobs and his engineers learned at their two 1979 meetings at PARC and the inspiration they received that later resulted in the Lisa and the Macintosh. Unfortunately, Xerox's management again was short sighted and sold the Preferred Stock they received a little over a year later... for a nice profit... after Apple's IPO.
The Judge recognized Apple's position that they had indeed entered into a contract with Xerox for the visits but dismissed the suit with prejudice on the statute of limitations grounds instead of hearing arguments on the contract from Xerox.