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One was a complex bit of maths, essential for implementing a standard (the video compression patent) which as such a) has a tight limit on how much can be charg

One was a complex bit of maths, essential for implementing a standard (the video compression patent) which as such a) has a tight limit on how much can be charged for (ab)using it and b) was not understood by most of the jury while the other (slide to unlock) was (apart from being ludicrous to begin with) a folly which set the hearts of the jury on fire. Also, a foreign company being accused of 'stealing' from an American one versus the opposite.

Razengan 11y ago
Who gets to be the jury in these sorts of cases? Ordinary people? Other companies?
- dmix 11y ago
  I thought a judge or tribunal typically deals with civil or administrative law (for ex. patent) and juries were limited to criminal matters. I could be wrong though.