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"Apple shouldn't want to win like this."
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 09:54 AM EDT
In a perfect world, they "shouldn't" though. That, I think, is what PJ
refers to since it opens up so many doors later.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

This is the unintended consequences scenario.
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 10:01 AM EDT
As mentioned above I suspect they will want to win as long as there is no down
side. So, I wonder if there will be a backlash from consumers or suppliers?
Would Apple have considered this at all?

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"Apple shouldn't want to win like this."
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 10:06 AM EDT
an attorney will take a win like this,

but what they want is a clear clean win with nothing to appeal.

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"Apple shouldn't want to win like this."
Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 11:15 AM EDT
Tim Cook isn't a lawyer. He wrote to the
employees that the trial was about values.

Assuming that is true, he should not want
to win by error.

And lawyers don't all feel that they should
win no matter how.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

They are ATTORNEYS. They don't care how they do anything, as long as they get paid n/c
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 02:29 PM EDT
n/c

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Maybe this would be a precedent worth a billion.
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 03:28 PM EDT
We could get a new, open source processor (a kickstarter project, possibly)
beyond the ken of any extant software patent.

Use some of the "walled-garden" tricks to disallow non-commons
patenting of any software created for it.

I don't think this will work, but if the verdict stands, it opens the
possibility.

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"Apple shouldn't want to win like this."
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 06:24 PM EDT
No, they DON'T. This is the sort of "win" that brings Supreme Court
decisions of the variety that Apple DOES NOT WANT.

Don't kid yourself about what the Lawyers want. They want to litigate, yes.
Doing something "stupid" or allowing something "stupid" like
this to set a Precedent that very adversely affects the client is a BAD thing.
It costs you a client at the least and brings on malpractice suits on a periodic
basis.

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