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I believe they used this trial to buy some time. They have many grounds to file an appeal now (think of the evidence they introduced too late, which was rejecte
by mrich 14y ago
I believe they used this trial to buy some time. They have many grounds to file an appeal now (think of the evidence they introduced too late, which was rejected). Until then, the verdict will not be final. Meanwhile, their old products which infringe can be phased out of the market without much cost. The newer products have their own style (Galaxy S III for example).
The biggest danger they face now is the potential blocking of their most profitable products from the US market. But they likely can fix this all in software in the time until this ban can come into effect.
- rst 14y agoIn US courts, you can't ordinarily introduce new evidence on appeal. You can argue that the trial court made errors in applying the law, but if those errors involved excluding evidence, the most you can expect out of that is another trial. (And even that's pretty rare; if they were counting on being able to do that, it's a hell of a gamble.)
- mrich 14y agoThat's interesting. It gives the other argument why they withheld the evidence (Apple would have countered it) more weight.