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Judge Tosses Apple vs. Motorola Trial

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Jun 8, 2012, 7:27 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner has tentatively dismissed a trial that was to commence June 11 between Apple and Motorola over smartphone patents. The reasoning behind Posner's tentative decision is that neither Apple nor Motorola had enough evidence to claim damages against the other. Further, Posner worried that granting injunctions against the companies over the alleged infringements "would impose costs disproportionate to the harm to the patentee and the benefit of the alleged infringement to the alleged infringer and would be contrary to the public interest." The trial involved two patent claims made by Apple and one made by Motorola. Each was seeking to block the other from importing devices into the U.S. Judge Posner is going to make a final decision on the dismissal next week. A trial that has been dismissed "with prejudice" cannot be brought before the court again.

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Slammer

Jun 8, 2012, 8:09 AM

Finally...

...a Judge that has some sort of common sense and not intimidated by iconic pressure.

John B.
I have to agree. People scream all the time about frivolous lawsuits, but the fact of the matter is the judges still hear them and, most of the time, can see from initial pleadings that the case is baseless. The judges have as much power as anyone t...
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I am totally with you on this one John,

I am so sick and tired of Apple crying foul over someone else that makes a slab style, with a touch primary input, that can get make phone calls, text, browse the web, load and run apps yatta yatta yatta,
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