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Juror in Apple-Samsung Suit May Have Owned Patent Used by Apple (androidpit.com)
5 points by mtgx on Aug 28, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Sounds to me like an engineer with that level of experience, who had navigated the patent process for his own prior patent, would know a thing or two about patents. I'm open to the possibility that there's a conflict of interest, but this bogus article says things like "I don't know if Apple uses this patent...or Samsung." That's fishing for hits by generating false controversy focused on some poor guy trying to serve as a juror.

I think this is a terrible article for demonizing some poor juror who had to put his life on hold for weeks to sit through this case. Don't blame the messenger (juror) for the broken patent system.




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