Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 05:26 AM EDT |
Once again he goes down the 'because you can't run the software on a different
processor' route - but this time goes into much more detail.
Also mentions he knows how to read source code and told them that since they did
it in a different way in source code - thats why Apple didn't infringe Samsungs
patents.
And my favourite quote "The jurors wanted to send a message to the industry
at large that no matter who you are - whether you are Apple, whether you are
Samsung, or anybody - if you wilfully take the risk to cross the line and start
infringing and you get caught, and again I emphasise wilfully, you need to be
prepared to pay the cost for that."
So here he is admiting ignoring jury orders and generating an amount based on
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 05:28 AM EDT |
Here is the BBC link to the full transcript of the interview - where he shows
even more astounding leaps in logic.
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Authored by: cassini2006 on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 09:17 AM EDT |
I think the courts need to make a decision on prior art. Specifically, if
inventor A invents a touch screen with controls, then:
Can inventor
B, after inventor A, patent device X "with a touch
screen"?
Fundamentally, this question is driving the patent
world crazy. Adding the key words "on a cell phone" or "over the Internet"
should not automatically create a new device for the purposes of
patenting.
The jury foreman is obviously completely lost on what
constitutes prior art, and I don't think the courts have been remarkably clear
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 31 2012 @ 02:38 PM EDT |
It seems to me that sometimes juries take a view "what would I want if it
were me".
In this case the foreman appeared to have a mindset that 'if it were me suing
over my patent then I would want a $billion'. In this way he tries to establish
a level of reward for patent owners. All he needs now is a rich company to sue.
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