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Regardless of where one stands on questions of patent policy, it is ridiculous to praise a trial judge for ignoring binding precedent. (Yes, I know Posner is a
by monochromatic 14y ago
Regardless of where one stands on questions of patent policy, it is ridiculous to praise a trial judge for ignoring binding precedent.
(Yes, I know Posner is an appellate judge. He was sitting by designation as a trial judge in Apple v. Motorola.)
- brlewis 14y agoAre you saying he ignored binding precedent in his court opinion, or in what he said to the press? I'm inclined to accept grellas' assessment that Posner's court opinion was on solid ground: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4086642 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4086642