27 Aug
2012
27 Aug
'12
3:42 p.m.
On 27 Aug 2012 at 17:25, Tothwolf wrote:
> The court didn't hold anything. A jury that
couldn't be /bothered/
to
even read the jury instructions, let alone review any
prior art,
rushed to "punish" Samsung (contrary to said jury instructions) and
award Apple a large sum. IMO that jury, and especially the jury
foreman needs to be held in contempt.
Back when I was involved in expert-witness stuff, I took some expert-
witness training courses. Some amazing things were said during them--
by very high-paid litigation attorneys. One of which was something
to the effect of "we expect the jury to have the attention and
intelligence of the average fourth-grader".
So, am I surprised? No, not at all. Do I suspect that the verdict
may be overturned or the fine modified? Yup.
We haven't seen the end of this one by any means.
We live in interesting times. I just got the following article in my
email:
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/08/hp-dell-pc-makers-in-
desperate-need-of-a-reboot
The death of the PC?
--Chuck