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anuraj on Sept 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple v Samsung Foreman Gets More Things Wrong

Don't think a jury can validate or invalidate a patent. Their job was to see if there was infringement.

sarchertech on Sept 5, 2012 [–]

Part of finding if there is infringement includes deciding the validity of the patent--that's why prior art was introduced in this case.

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