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Maybe they're seeing so many patents they're starting to realize how many of those patents are just ... stupid? When you're exposed to a field more (lots of ca
by sukuriant 15y ago
Maybe they're seeing so many patents they're starting to realize how many of those patents are just ... stupid?
When you're exposed to a field more (lots of cases kinda do that), you start to think more like a person in that field and suddenly previously non-obvious things are obvious!
- monochromatic 15y agoWho, the jurors? It's unlikely any juror on this case has been a juror before in a patent case.
- wisty 15y ago1) Predict that a new piece of technology will be used to solve a common problem (i.e. using a Facebook page as a resume). 2) Patent it. 3) ... 4) Sue EVERYONE. 5) Now any juror on a case will have an opinion on IP law.
- politician 15y ago3) Wait till the patent has almost expired.
- politician 15y agoPerhaps, but Tyler, Texas is not a large metropolitan area, so the chances that your neighbor served on the jury of a patent trial are higher given the propensity of lawyers to sue there.