Posted on 10/04/2010 11:51:19 AM PDT by Swordmaker
"Apple Inc. was ordered by a jury to pay damages to Mirror Worlds LLC for infringing patents related to how documents are displayed on a computer screen," Susan Decker reports for Bloomberg.
"The federal jury in Tyler, Texas, awarded $208.5 million in damages for each of the patents infringed. The verdict form was unclear as to whether the amount applies to the three patents collectively or would be charged individually. Lawyers for closely held Mirror Worlds declined to discuss the verdict," Decker reports.
MacDailyNews Take: Tyler, Texas. Rocket Docket.
Decker reports, "Mirror Worlds, a software business started by a Yale University computer-science professor David Gelernter, claimed Apple’s iPod music device, iPhone and Mac computers infringed its patents. Apple challenged the validity of the patents and whether they were infringed, according to court records. Gelernter said after the verdict he was 'tremendously grateful' to his lawyers for 'their overwhelmingly brilliant performance.'"
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Excessive.
“Lawsuit abuse is a travesty.”
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Hear, hear!
Jury duty= redistribute that wealth, baby!
If you don't like Apple, that's fine. This thread and the others like it aren't meant for you, they're for the five hundred other Freepers who have ASKED me to keep them appraised of news affecting Apple and Apple products. That does not make me a "pimp." You are not required to read them. Just ignore them as I ignore Chet's War on Terriers, Willie Green's light rail articles, and anything to do with the NFL. It's easy.
As to the "Do Not Flame" warnings, that is there because of the severe flame wars that were running rampant in Apple threads a few months ago until Jim Robinson lowered the boom on a few Trolls who were deliberately invading the threads and flaming anyone and everyone, purposfully disrupting discussions. I am reminding everyone proactively of Jim's anti-flame war policy, hoping to prevent a recurrence of that type of event and the necessity of Jim's intervention.
Next time, if you have a concern with a poster, have the courtesy to include the people you mention in your post.
If this doesn’t show why tort reform is needed nothing will.
It’s on General/Chat. What strange force is it that makes you read these threads you don’t like and then post on them??
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