“If Apple Inc.’s patent litigation is the ‘thermonuclear war’ over smartphone technology and design that co-founder Steve Jobs pledged to his biographer, Noreen Krall is its field marshal,” Susan Decker and Adam Satariano report for Businessweek.
“Krall has become a familiar sight in courtrooms around the world as Apple’s chief litigation counsel. Her greatest victory came Aug. 24, when a California jury ordered Samsung Electronics Co., the biggest smartphone maker, to pay Apple more than $1 billion for infringing patents related to the iPhone,” Decker and Satariano report. “‘There is no historical precedent for what Noreen Krall is doing,’ said John Thorne, who ran Verizon Communications Inc.’s intellectual-property team before joining Kellogg Huber in Washington this year. ‘Good generalship produces results like Noreen has gotten. She’s mastering big decisions, like which law firms to hire, how to manage resources, how much of Tim Cook’s time to take.'”
Decker and Satariano report, “Before moving to Apple, Krall spent five years managing Sun Microsystems Inc.’s 14,000 patents as chief intellectual- property counsel.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
This is Not just Jobs’ war with Samsung. Its apples defense of attrocious copycat (stealing). They are making things right or fair. More than just anger.
Hey guys, bravo per another brainy female. Surprised to see so few yet. Are you busy googling her name to see photos of her. Yes she’s very. 😉
Would not have thought of looking her up on Google. Thanks Lynnw, and yes she is very____
So instead of shouting for “Let loose the Kraken,” Tim Cook shouts for “Let loose the Krall!”
Congrats to her and her staff.
“Her greatest victory came Aug. 24, when a California jury ordered Samsung Electronics Co., the biggest smartphone maker, to pay Apple more than $1 billion for infringing patents related to the iPhone…”
No it didn’t. The court has not ruled yet. The JURY has *RECOMMENDED* a $1.05 billion award. The presiding judge could as much as triple that or cut it by 99%. Until the judge rules on the jury’s recommendation, no one knows how much Samsung will have to pay Apple. A jury does not order anyone to pay anything.
Can she sing?