Apple Multitouch Patent & Johnny Mnemonic

This might be a contemporary urban legend, but the rumor is that Google Android and Palm WebOS don't use multitouch in their UIs because of Apple's Patent #7,479,949. But how can this be if Keanu Reeves invented multitouch back in 1995? Check it out here:

At 1:21, he stretches a small planet on the screen using both hands.

At 2:02, he stretches a rectangle.

Heck, at 0:35 he even says iPhone! (probably "eye phones.")

This is a patent issue, so nothing about it is simple. But it seems like it's an old, non-novel idea to use two appendages on a touch screen to change zoom level on an object in the UI.