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"If you are ever on a jury, please don't make such an assumption. " | 134 comments | Create New Account
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"If you are ever on a jury, please don't make such an assumption. "
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 09:21 AM EST
Being informed is not the same as prejudice. That is a ridiculous position.

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"If you are ever on a jury, please don't make such an assumption. "
Authored by: PJ on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 12:43 PM EST
Actually, you are wrong. Please disregard this
comment's advice, everyone.

It's not bias. It's legally sound. Here's why: the
USPTO says publicly that they leave it to the courts
to figure out ultimately which patents are valid
and which are not. And the jury is told to decide
exactly that.

Juries, lawyers will tell you, tend to not follow
those instructions, just as this jury did not. It's
a psychological thing, not something that they are
supposed to do. It is exactly the jury's job
to decide if a patent is valid or not. You can
verify this by reading the instructions given to
the jury and by reading the final amended verdict
form.

Please don't opine on legal matters unless you are
actually sure of what you are saying because you
researched it. You can mislead people.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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