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Judge William Alsup v Judge Lucy Koh - Day v Night - Efficiency v Confusion - Order v Chaos. | 337 comments | Create New Account

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Judge William Alsup v Judge Lucy Koh - Day v Night - Efficiency v Confusion - Order v Chaos.

Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 06:48 AM EST

The zealous representation of a client isn't merely about immediate, short-term
gain without regard to later consequences or long-term damage to the client.
Appealing to the pre-existing prejudices of a hometown judge like Apple
apparently was doing here isn't brillant strategy any more than playing to the
bias of a hometown jury is. There will be review by other judges -- who won't
be so swayed by Apple's local influence -- down the road, and Apple's conduct in
its patent wars has compromised Apple's public image as many people have
observed. All that said, the USPTO's initial rejection of 2 utility patents so
far shows that Apple was going to lose if the case was actually decided on the
merits, so it had no choice but to play the hometown card to the hilt.

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Judge William Alsup v Judge Lucy Koh - Day v Night - Efficiency v Confusion - Order v Chaos. - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 07:28 AM EST
- Judge William Alsup v Judge Lucy Koh - Day v Night - Efficiency v Confusion - Order v Chaos. - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 28 2012 @ 12:43 PM EST

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