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To: John Dough who wrote (23030)2/18/1999 11:59:00 PM
From: Jim Lurgio  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
You said a mouthful when you said :

Just a thought. I don't see how a jury of ordinary people is going to have the technical expertise to understand the very complex digital wireless IPR's in question.

In the case of IDC Vs Motorola also over digital patents , when the jury went out one juror called for the judge for an explanation on something she didn't understand. She needed to know the difference between a land line and a cellular line ? As you said this is a very complex issue and anyone who judges something like this should have expertise.

IDC fought the same issue in the German courts which affords the expertise you suggest and Siemens/Alcatel/Philips all withdrew from the case but it took seven years.

What effect if any did the lawyers have on this juror ? What ever company chose jury over a judge is either idiot or genuis. With jurors deciding this case don't count on what is right.
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