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[Ian Clarke]

On 22 Feb 2005, at 03:09, Nick Szabo wrote:

> Disclaimer -- IANAL and the following are personal not legal opinions.
>
> The "found valid by a jury" business is FUD -- it's meant to 
> intimidate those receiving the cease & desist letters into thinking 
> they will lose, but the jury finding has no direct legal effect on 
> future cases.

IANAL either, but an IP lawyer told me that jurys determine matters of 
fact, where as the validity of a patent is a matter of law, and 
therefore a jury is incapable of finding that a patent is valid.

Ian.

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