Canadian Parliamentary Motion on Alexander Graham Bell Canadian Parliamentary Motion on Alexander Graham Bell The first session of Canada's 37th Parliament unanimously passed a Canadian Parliamentary Motion on Alexander Graham Bell on June 21, 2002, to affirm that Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone. The symbolic motion was a response to the 107th United States Congress' earlier resolution (HRes 269) of June 11, 2002, which recognized the contributions of Antonio Meucci. Due to a misleading press release issued by U.S. Congressman Vito Fossella, this was interpreted by some as establishing priority for the invention of the telephone to Meucci. The House of Representatives' Resolution
Canadian Parliamentary Motion on Alexander Graham Bell the parliamentary Bell motion and the congressional Meucci resolution, first commented on Bell's record as an inventor and scientist: Professor Catania later went on to note the straightforwardness of the follow-up parliamentary motion compared to the seaminess of the initial congressional resolution: However, intellectual property law author R.B. Rockman was more critical in his view of HRes 269. After first reviewing the essential details of "American Bell Telephone Company v. Globe Telephone Company, Antonio Meucci, et al." (31 Fed 728 (SDNY, 1887)), where he noted major inconsistencies in Meucci's various testimonies, the paucity of direct evidence that both the Globe