Matt Macari

He was the juror that made himself available for questions. Jurors don’t have any obligation to answer questions, and the rest didn’t.

This is what you’d get if you REALLY committed to the “designed by lawyers” approach.

Simply not the case.

Here is what I think after following this closely over the last year or so: there is no way Samsung let its lawyers dictate the design. The “designed by lawyers” theory indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of how these things work. Sure, a lawyer or two will give their preference and say “hey, yeah that’s better from our angle,” but companies rarely let the patent tail wag the company dog. IP lawyers are part of the corporate strategy, but the last thing you want is for them to have a significant influence on design — they simply aren’t qualified and companies understand they have a limited role, and nothing more.

So true!! They could use you at the US Patent Office. :)

Actually, for a relatively simple invention (basic mechanical, not electrical or chemical), given the attorney fees for preparing the application, filing fees, the attorney fees for prosecuting the application before the US Patent Office (inevitable back and forth over claim amendments, patentability, etc.), issue fee, and maintenance fees to keep it alive after issuance, you’re talking closer to $20k — give or take a few thousand dollars (usually give).

Unfortunately, it’s incredibly expensive.

They fought, but lost at the ITC. That’s the exclusion order US Customs is enforcing.

Patent sleuth!!

Nilay was working hard to get the news out to everyone. Minor typos can be fixed later.

The ‘D889 design patent doesn’t include the button, so it’s not required to establish infringement.

Thanks!! Fixed now.

New desktop wallpaper……saved. Thanks!!!

Actually, they don’t for this trial.

That’s how the system works.

Discovery is over. They didn’t produce it, even after being ordered to do so in December. That’s the background for this sanction.

Not sure what you mean by “Apple requested a junction”

Both sides have to release their source code, including Apple in response to Samsung’s requests relating to its own infringement claims. That’s how it works, in every single patent infringement case dealing with software / hardware patents. There’s a point when you’re ordered by the court, and you just have to do it.

Unfortunately, parties don’t have the luxury of trying to work stuff out in defiance of a court order. If they do, this is what happens. We don’t let the parties themselves make the final decisions on what is relevant or what must be produced in discovery. That would only introduce chaos. The court is the final arbiter.