[IP] decision on Stambler v RSA goes to jury

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry@ieee.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 12:37:04 -0500
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Stambler v RSA goes to jury

Dave, I just got the word - the verdict came down pretty quickly -
and it's that the defendants won. There will still be a trial on the
issue of validity (this part was on infringement only) beginning
Wednesday, but that second trial will only be important if the
plaintiff appeals.

  Regards,

   Steven


>------ Prior Message
>From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry@ieee.org>
>Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:04:36 -0500
>To: "David J. Farber" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>Subject: Stambler v RSA goes to jury
>
>Dave, the patent trial Stambler v RSA Security et al went to the jury
>yesterday afternoon; a verdict could be rendered today. At issue is
>whether patents issued to Leon Stambler cover SSL, and therefore
>products that use it.
>
>I attended two days of the trial last week, my report, "Who Invented
>E-Commerce?" is at
><http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/mar03/stambler.html>.
>
>My guess is that Stambler will lose, but every lawyer I talked with
>told me that you can never be certain of the outcome when a patent
>case goes to a jury.


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