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The following post is about Apple and Samsung narrowing their claims. I find this blog post interesting and relevant since last class we talked about claims. Since the court is narrowing the claims it will be harder for Samsung to infringe on Apple's patents. In my opinion I think this is a large step for the tech world. It seems as if the courts are trying to take the side of the "smaller" companies. Hopefully this will start a trend with patent infringement cases in the coming years. I still find it kind of silly when massive companies try to sue other companies over miniscule design infringements. I am a huge fan of innovation and this is one of the large inhibitors of innovation. "the Court will not permit the parties to involve over fifty experts in this litigation". I love this! Apple has the money and power to hire hundreds of experts and lawyers and this limitation prevents them doing so. I definitely think 50 experts is sufficient and I'm sure the experts like it as well. Limiting it to 50 experts lowers the intimidation factor of the larger companies.
This is great news! I think that this will definitely help others to innovate and also limit Apple's power and money to throw others against walls during court!
ReplyDeleteGreat article Cory. Your closing quote is especially relevant ("the court will not permit the parties to involve over fifty experts in this litigation") for smaller companies that can't compete with the Googles/Apples/Samsungs of the tech world.
ReplyDeleteI like this article and your idea. Apple has been the leader smartphone company for a while. I think it might be a good time for the market to make a change!
ReplyDeleteI wrote about this article as well. I think Judge Koh is doing the right think in narrowing the patent infringement claims in order to move these lawsuits forward
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