“At close of business on Friday, Judge Lucy Koh, the federal judge presiding over two Apple v. Samsung lawsuits in the Northern District of California entered a case management order relating to the second case, which started in February 2012,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents.
“I saw media reports according to which she had said at a recent hearing that she wants the case to be narrowed substantially or would otherwise order a formal stay or just simply delay resolution,” Mueller reports. “Formally this was a warning to both parties, but this is of concern only to Apple, which wants to enforce its intellectual property rights as quickly as possible, while Samsung’s counterclaims are little more than an effort to slow down the process and create the appearance of mutual infringement.”
Mueller reports, “This situation is familiar. In the build-up to the August 2012 trial Judge Koh also insisted on a substantial narrowing of claims, and Samsung tried to reinforce and capitalize on this pressure on Apple. In light of the enormous effort that last year’s huge trial required the court and the parties to make, there is now even more narrowing pressure.”
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Truly a completely corrupt and worthless judge.
By all appearances I’d have to agree. Seems biased, ill-prepared and beyond her capabilities.
Even more important, Samsung seems to understand the weaknesses in our judicial system quite well, and its legal team is playing to those weaknesses brilliantly.
“The mothership, I mean I, have decided to let this case proceed.”
A complete waste of our time!
“Your honor, at this time Apple formally requests a change of venue to East Texas.”
I wonder if she Tweeted information concerning the case management order from her samdung s7, you now, the special phone they use for rotten judges.
All eyes are on Koh. Companies having the capability to protect their intellectual properties in a timely matter is more important that whatever money (if any) Samsung is promising her. Hopefully she won’t crap on the value of the patent.
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