Quite a few people who were familiar with software (one works at HP, one at Cisco) were excused from the jury, because they would already have her own interpret

Quite a few people who were familiar with software (one works at HP, one at Cisco) were excused from the jury, because they would already have her own interpretation of the law — opinions you cannot set aside, as the judge put it. Here's a lot more detail about the jury selection; five people were excused by the judge, then three more by each party: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120416085550303 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120416085550303 I was rather surprised by the demographics, there were a lot of engineers and lawyers, and for some reason I though jury duty was a statistically unbiased sample of major citizens. I guess I should be glad the trial takes place in San Francisco rather than East Texas: http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2010/03/east-texas-jurors-and-patent-litigation/ http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2010/03/east-texas-jurors-and-p...