Apple v. Samsung Jurors Speak, Skipped Prior Art For "Bogging Us Down" 506
eldavojohn writes "PJ over at Groklaw has consolidated some of the more interesting juror comments made following the landmark $1 billion settlement. Apparently the foreman (a patent holder himself) took the jury through the process of how patents work and thus allowed them to return so quickly with a verdict without need of any instructions on how to work through all the material. Most sources are incredulous that all of the information was considered in the process. CNET quotes a juror as saying 'After we debated that first patent — what was prior art — because we had a hard time believing there was no prior art, that there wasn't something out there before Apple. In fact we skipped that one so we could go on faster. It was bogging us down.' While the fact that they they voted one way on infringement and another way on invalidity shows they were at least consistent, Groklaw is reporting on some odd inconsistencies in the aftermath of accounts from jurors. The appeal for something this huge goes without question but the accounts collected at Groklaw make this verdict and verdict process sound hasty, ambiguous and probably the result of one man's (the foreman's) personal opinion of patents."
Re:judge will invalidate (Score:5, Funny)
America needs the income.
Re:how much per phone is 1 billion? (Score:4, Funny)
I thought Nokia's market was primarily the not-quite-smart market?
Yes, hence the decision to use a Microsoft OS.
Re:how much per phone is 1 billion? (Score:3, Funny)
Of course it's inappropriate when the patents aren't valid.
Design patent for a 2000+ year old design? Apple should know better - they just tried it to see if they could get away with it.
Stealing ideas from innovators in other fields and then patenting them with the words "on a phone" or "on a tablet" - wtf is that? again, they did it to see if they could get away with it.
I bet there isn't a single patent that Apple has that is valid.
Should just wipe em all away, bunch of idea thiefs. Should just take all of their assets away and distribute them amongst us, the people who's money they've been stealing for years and years.
Fuck Apple!
Re:Taking a step back... (Score:3, Funny)
a court has just effectively ruled that Samsung's products are equivalent to Apple's.
No, it's ruled that Samsung's products are illegal copies of Apple products. And if you read Samsung's own testimony, Samsung admits that they're shitty copies.