[consultant23522]

Yesterday I was reading an article about this case that stated Newegg didn't even bother to call their witnesses to dispute the amount of damages that would've been caused by their patent violation. It gave the impression that they were so confident that they had roundly destroyed the plaintiff's arguments that they didn't even bother to follow standard operating procedure for how to fight these types of cases.

On one hand, it's yet another nail in the coffin of innovation in our country. On the other hand, shame on Newegg's lawyers for being so hubris.

[talmand]

I was confused by that as well. I agreed that, from what I read, that they made the plaintiff's arguments look quite silly. I would say the plaintiff's lawyer half argued Newegg's case for them with his whole a patent is still valid if prior art was a secret thing.

My current thought was they planned to appeal from the beginning to get it out of that district. Why waste time in a district you know there's an automatic 80% chance you're going to lose?