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Just started looking at it, but I like this bit from the initial list of court orders: 7. The respondents pay the appellants’ costs of and incidental to
by fpgeek 15y ago
Just started looking at it, but I like this bit from the initial list of court orders:
7. The respondents pay the appellants’ costs of and
incidental to the application for leave to appeal and the
appeal.
The appellants are Samsung and the respondents are Apple. I don't know about Australia, but in the US winning court costs tends to be a big deal.
- InclinedPlane 15y ago"Loser pays" is the norm for most of the world outside the US.
- cturner 15y agoIn line with what inclinedplane said, I've always found it strange that costs are generally not awarded in US legal culture. Awarding costs takes a lot of the momentum out of strategic and extortive lawsuit practices, and gives people a lot more incentive to settle out of court - a practice that's broadly regarded as a good thing. If anyone knows a reason it's not done, I'd be interested to hear it.