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It would have completely sucked to have been on the jury for this one. You don't get paid while you're not at work; you have to listen to expert bozos who have been paid millions for their testimony and who say some strange things under cross-examination; the lawyers all got paid handsomely too and you're basically only there because the patent system isn't working properly (why doesn't USPTO decide about prior art? aren't they required to do this when initially examining the patent?).

Then, once you've made a decision to the best of your ability, all of the tech press poops on you for weeks. Weaksauce!

Hopefully, the USPTO will re-examine the patents in question and resolve the prior art discussions in a better way than a jury could/has.



> You don't get paid while you're not at work;

Speak for yourself. I work at a Fortune 500 company and jury duty is paid, and I don't think this is at all uncommon.

That being said, I'd rather be at work than on jury duty any day of the week.




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