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By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

O2 Micro sued Monolithic Power Systems, Asustek, and Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing over 6,396,722. '722 goes to efficiently powering computer laptop screens. The technology is intricate and complex. So complex that the district court judge declared: "On the technical issues here . . . I find this extremely difficult to understand. And the notion that a jury is going to understand it, to me, is foolishness." So, though O2 objected, the judge had the parties agree on an expert that "would essentially, I can't say decide the case, but would testify and [the jury] would be told 'This is the court's expert on these points.'"...

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).