“A federal judge today denied Samsung’s request for a new trial against [Apple Inc.] based on allegations of jury misconduct,” Steven Musil reports for CNET.
“The South Korean electronics giant had asked that Apple’s billion-dollar verdict be thrown out, arguing it was tainted by the jury foreman’s failure to disclose previous litigation with Seagate Technology, a company in which Samsung is a major investor, as well as an alleged bias made evident by statements made to the media after the verdict,” Musil reports. “Samsung argued that jury foreman Velvin Hogan should have revealed to the judge during jury selection that he had been sued by Seagate — his former employer — which led to his filing for personal bankruptcy in 1993.”
Musil reports, “However, Lucy Koh, the U.S. District Court judge presiding over the patent case, noted that the statements he made regarding legal standards used during deliberations or the jurors’ mental process were barred by federal evidence rules… She also blamed Samsung for not asking Hogan the proper questions to reveal any alleged bias against Seagate.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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Suck it, Samsung. You lost, now pay up!
Lay the electrodes on the worm and make it wriggle!
Really MDN? Still 4″ screen size?? Will be deleting the app ASAP
Yeehah! In your face Shamsteal! YOU ARE GUILTY AS CHARGED! At least something has stuck here, some kind of justice. Now write the whopping check! Hope damages are coming to triple the award.
“…the jurors’ mental process were barred by federal evidence rules… She also blamed Samsung for not asking Hogan the proper questions to reveal any alleged bias against Seagate.”
Exactly what I said back in September that she would say.
Just wait, she will eff something else up, 3, 2, 1…
Just what hasn’t she done, frigtard.
correction: Just what hasn’t she done, to please you frigtard?
Unfortunately, the judge can still LOWER the amount of damages awarded to Apple.
the sssloooooooooow wheeeeeelssssss offffff juuuuuussttice zzzzzzzz
I hope all this money will go to the next chip factory being planned in New York State. Use the money and wealth of AAPL to cut off all CPU foundry business with SteelDung. Stop giving them insider knowledge and huge economy of scale which only enables them to cheat on an even bigger scale.