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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, August 26 2012 @ 01:07 PM EDT |
The root causes are the patent office entertaining frivolous
patents and the fact certain companies are willing to use
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| Authored by: jheisey on Sunday, August 26 2012 @ 01:19 PM EDT |
Judge Alssup had previous experience as a patent attorney, I believe. Judge
Koh, on the other hand, probably does not have this background and it is clear
she was in over her head on this case as we see by the jury verdict and juror
comments. Worst of all, she herself should never have allowed a patent holder
to be a member of the jury due to the inevitable bias that would result against
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, August 26 2012 @ 05:41 PM EDT |
I'm having some trouble getting *real* background info on her from Google, but
what I can find says she
1) Has been a lawyer prosecuting patent cases
2) Believes strongly in fairness, as she has been a civil rights lawyer. I
think she would like the label "Progressive".
3) Has a very establishmentarian background...Harvard undergrad, Harvard JD,
grew up in DC. Thus, I think she feels that "rules are rules",
sorry...and not bendable for special cases, as we would expect the court to use
its discretion. The folks who gave her fellowships seem to be very
NAFTA/free-trade oriented.
4) Needs to consult Judge Alsup for help with the workload issues. There have
been lots of strong words traded about, and not enough energy spent forcing the
parties to narrow the issues to the point where any kind of clarity can be
achieved in 50 hours or so of testimony, much less more than pulling damages
numbers out of thin air.
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| Authored by: Ian Al on Monday, August 27 2012 @ 04:43 AM EDT |
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Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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