Attorneys for Apple and Samsung made their closing arguments today in the damages retrial intended to settle up how much Samsung should pay for last year's patent infringement verdict. However, a comment made by Apple attorney Harold McElhinny had Samsung's team arguing for a mistrial on the grounds that he was appealing to racial bias.
As reported by Reuters and CNET , one of the themes McElhinny touched upon was the importance of protecting intellectual property — a battle which he framed as having grand ramifications for both the US economy and the nature of innovation in Silicon Valley itself. He used the television manufacturing business as an example. Many US companies used to make televisions, he argued, but were forced out of...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5123092/samsung-call-for-mistrial-accuses-apple-of-appealing-to-racial-bias
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