It isn't always that simple
It isn't always that simple
Posted May 17, 2007 23:26 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: On Microsoft's patent claims by NRArnot
Parent article: On Microsoft's patent claims
My PhD advisor was once involved in a patent case. Though the facts were on the defendant's side, it required detailed technical understanding to comprehend this. But the trial was held in Bumf*ck, Texas, the plaintiff company was Texas-based, the defendant company was from Cambridge, Mass, and my prof was from UC Berkeley. Everyone who'd graduated high school was tossed from the jury, and my advisor, the expert witness, was hardly able to get a word in edgewise as the plaintiff's lawyer put Communist Cambridge and Berkeley on trail for trying to rob good Texans of what was rightfully theirs.
The Texans won.
Posted May 18, 2007 3:33 UTC (Fri)
by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
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That's a crying shame. What a miscarriage of justice! I personally can't stand it when the "good ol' boy" effect prevalent in Texas defines laws and justice (making a gross generalization here). And I'm from Texas! Veering off-topic: The current American president hails from Texas (and it goes to show). But fortunately, not all Texans are proud of that fact.
It isn't always that simple