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I find it amusing - I do not - don't read FM!
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 28 2013 @ 06:34 PM EST
No, if I believed Florian's strange viewpoint and characterisation of a name on a letter I wouldn't find it amusing. However, some of those who were being astroturfed with their resultant, almost libellous churnalism have started to be a bit more cautious - even Mac people:
Samsung denies hiring UK judge who ruled in their favour - iPad/iPhone - Macworld UK (though they still wrongly attribute the "cool" quote.

So, although I would find it a bit strange if Judge Koh was called by Apple, I would not find it the slightest bit strange if Apple called Sir Robin Jacob.
IP Hall of Fame - Robin Jacob
Robin Jacob (judge) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and The IPKat: From Bench to Chair: Robin's new career portray him as a man of expertise, wisdom and character in the field of interpreting IP and it's consequences in the modern world. That reputation has been impugned by someone who takes money and comments on litigation while portraying themselves as an "independent" expert.

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I can't speak of other Groklaw followers
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 28 2013 @ 06:46 PM EST

But I can speak for myself. I strongly believe in:

    Innocent till proven guilty!
As a result, if Judge Koh showed up as an expert advisor of some type for Apple:
    I personally wouldn't have any issues.
Why? Because that fact alone - being in what could be viewed as a conflict of interest - is not, in and of itself, indication of any kind of wrong-doing.

As a result, I'd be asking for more evidence to support any wrong-doing accusations, insinuations or even hints.

As much as I can't stand Microsoft (and I've had my current pc, a MS code virgin, for some 12 years now) I even stood up and demanded evidence when someone voiced the opinion MS deserved to be punished even though there was no evidence of wrong-doing on MS' part in the situation.

    Innocent until proven guilty!
Everyone gets that - no double-standards issue on my part!

RAS

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I find it amusing - I do not
Authored by: PJ on Thursday, February 28 2013 @ 10:35 PM EST
Guys, could you bring me quickly up to date on
this story? Using someone other than FM, please?

I am just coming online, and I can't understand
what the big deal is, since he's retired but
gets called in from time to time and he is
advising Samsung's lawyers in the Ericson case,
not the one about Apple.

Why would FM care about that? I mean, he writes
about Oracle and Microsoft cases all the time and
he was hired by both of them.

So what's the scoop here?

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