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> Mr Mueller, a patent expert who has in the past consulted for Microsoft, described the ruling as a "very significant win for Apple against Android". How did

> Mr Mueller, a patent expert who has in the past consulted for Microsoft, described the ruling as a "very significant win for Apple against Android". How did this guy come to be known as a patent expert? Everything I'm reading in Wikipedia suggests a rather checkered past with regards to reporting on patents.

andybak 15y ago
Who's predictions are often at odds with other commentators and ends up looking misguided (a lot of his commentary on Oracle vs Google). He has some strange axes to grind. I just can't work out why (or exactly what his precise angle is)
- gazrogers 15y ago
  This is complete conjecture on my part and could well be completely wrong. His connection with Microsoft may not be completely severed. It's in Microsoft's interest to ensure that there is continuing doubt over whether or not Android is patent-free so they can continue their shakedown of handset manufacturers, so having some "expert" out there sowing the seeds of doubt every time some little claim of infringement appears would obviously be beneficial to them.
- othermaciej 15y ago
  As far as I can tell, his predictions on Oracle vs Google have been pretty accurate, despite being at odds with other commentators. Shouldn't we be looking at how predictions match reality, rather than how they match other predictions?
  - ZeroGravitas 15y ago
    His predictions on damages have been at odds with the Judge's comments which seems quite important.
    - othermaciej 15y ago
      The only dispute I can recall about damages was many people claiming that Oracle had lowered its damages claims, and Mueller saying they hadn't. When the full damages report was released, it turned out Mueller was right - they changed methodology, but the overall figure did not go down. It's true that the judge has been hard on Oracle's damages report, but I don't recall Mueller ever saying otherwise. He's always said that they key issue is Oracle's ability to get a permanent injunction rather than money damages for past infringement.
ZeroGravitas 15y ago
At least journalists have (mostly) stopped using him to get the "open source" view on patents, just because he's got "FOSS" in his blog's name.

andybak 15y ago

Who's predictions are often at odds with other commentators and ends up looking misguided (a lot of his commentary on Oracle vs Google). He has some strange axes to grind. I just can't work out why (or exactly what his precise angle is)

gazrogers 15y ago
This is complete conjecture on my part and could well be completely wrong. His connection with Microsoft may not be completely severed. It's in Microsoft's interest to ensure that there is continuing doubt over whether or not Android is patent-free so they can continue their shakedown of handset manufacturers, so having some "expert" out there sowing the seeds of doubt every time some little claim of infringement appears would obviously be beneficial to them.
othermaciej 15y ago
As far as I can tell, his predictions on Oracle vs Google have been pretty accurate, despite being at odds with other commentators. Shouldn't we be looking at how predictions match reality, rather than how they match other predictions?
- ZeroGravitas 15y ago
  His predictions on damages have been at odds with the Judge's comments which seems quite important.
  - othermaciej 15y ago
    The only dispute I can recall about damages was many people claiming that Oracle had lowered its damages claims, and Mueller saying they hadn't. When the full damages report was released, it turned out Mueller was right - they changed methodology, but the overall figure did not go down. It's true that the judge has been hard on Oracle's damages report, but I don't recall Mueller ever saying otherwise. He's always said that they key issue is Oracle's ability to get a permanent injunction rather than money damages for past infringement.

ZeroGravitas 15y ago

At least journalists have (mostly) stopped using him to get the "open source" view on patents, just because he's got "FOSS" in his blog's name.