With one 'dinosaur' and one BlackBerry owner, iCourt jury is selected

April 01, 2014

Lawyers for Apple and Samsung spent most of Monday selecting a 10-person jury for their latest patent infringement trial, and they’re now set to make their opening arguments Tuesday morning. The first of around 130 prospective jurors began arriving just before 7 a.m. at the federal courthouse in San Jose, California. They were asked about any links they might have to Apple, Samsung and Google, their experience serving on juries, their thoughts on the U.S. patent system, and about other issues that might influence their verdict. The nature of the case meant the lawyers were interested in what electronics people owned. A jury pool from Silicon Valley might be expected to be a fairly tech-savvy group, but that wasn’t always the case among the 26 people who remained seated before the lawyers by Monday afternoon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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