Oh, if only the jury could have preserved its deliberations on these little machines, we would get an even clearer picture.
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Lawyers tend to know everything.
It's just that their knowledge of everything seems occasionally to conflict with the knowledge of other lawyers, who also know everything.
However, I have been seeking legal guidance on what seems like the strangely swift decision by nine local Californians to order Samsung to pay Apple more than $1 billion.
One place where lawyers gather to read views is the award-winning site Groklaw. I fancy that many of the legal experts who post there have long blond hair and drive personalized Bentleys.
However, their sense of groundedness is often refreshing.
So I was stunned into sobriety to discover that the site was witheringly dismissive of the Apple-Samsung verdict and the jury.
In a searingly chilly analysis, Groklaw points to apparently simple facts that suggest anything from boredom to power intoxication.
The jury, for example, found that one Samsung device didn't infringe Apple's patent and yet they awarded Apple $2 million for inducement. This was a slightly odd award, given ... [Read more]
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