Don't blame the jurors. They're just regular folks who are earnestly trying do their best as though they're performing a civic duty. In reality, they're being played like a fiddle.
Instead, blame the f'ed patent system, the lawyers who exploit it for every last dime, and the companies that wield patents as a weapon against competition. We've come a very, very long way from the true meaning and intent of intellectual property protection.
I agree, I doubt anybody that doesnt have a law degree would really know how to interpret any of these laws in a normal environment with google to help, let alone being on the jury of a high publicity dispute like this with all that added pressure
> Don't blame the jurors. They're just regular folks who are earnestly trying do their best as though they're performing a civic duty. In reality, they're being played like a fiddle.
I blame them a fair amount. They had hundreds of questions to answer and were asked to take as much time as they needed. Instead, they cranked them out in a couple days.
The pay is shit, the tasks are boring and inscrutable, and people have lives to get back to. But I don't think that's a full excuse for phoning it in like this jury did.
The logic of your comment depends on there existing a value of "as much time as they needed" which is significantly longer than the time they took and significantly shorter than, say, their lifespans. The point of earlier comments is to say that one does not exist. If you wish to rebut those comments persuasively, you might consider directly addressing that point: how much more time should they have taken, and what difference would it have made?
> how much more time should they have taken, and what difference would it have made?
Enough time to read the fucking jury instruction about prior art, challenge the foreman's assertions about it, and ask for instruction or clarification as needed.
You seem to think this is too much to ask of laypeople with a billion dollars on the line. I think people are capable of much better.
Edit: Consider that the foreman himself said that things were looking in Samsung's favor before his "aha" moment.
Instead, blame the f'ed patent system, the lawyers who exploit it for every last dime, and the companies that wield patents as a weapon against competition. We've come a very, very long way from the true meaning and intent of intellectual property protection.