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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 09:44 AM EDT |
As I understand it, no. A mistrial only happens during a trial, and jury
deliberations and what they say after the fact can't be taken into account, at
least in this country. If I'm wrong, I'd love to hear from a lawyer on the
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Authored by: bugstomper on Wednesday, August 29 2012 @ 03:17 PM EDT |
The "logic" is very simple. The foreman had a Aha! moment about how he
would defend his own patent against a claim of prior art: He found a way to
twist the logic so as to protect the patent, just like he would have with his
own.
That was enough of a breakthrough to allow the jury to race through the long and
complicated verdict questions. Why should they stop to think again when they hit
the questions of Samsung's counterclaims, which had to do with infringement, not
invalidation for prior art? By then the Aha! moment had fulfilled its purpose,
and besides the jury had momentum in ticking off the boxes in favor of Apple.
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