Apple-Samsung jury discovers joys of subroutines, class libraries<article>
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The eight-person jury hearing Apple’s patent infringement case against Samsung was thrown into the deep end Monday and subjected to some heady talk of subroutines and class libraries.</p><p>
It was a big contrast to last week, when the court got a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of the iPhone and were told of
a Steve Jobs email in which the former Apple boss called for a “holy war” against Google.</p><p>
But the technical discussion Monday was inevitable in a patent case and could do much to determine the outcome of the trial. It’s not enough to prove a defendant built similar features in its phones—Apple’s lawyers have to show a feature was accomplished in precisely the manner described in one of its patents.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2140880/applesamsung-jury-discovers-joys-of-subroutines-class-libraries.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple-Samsung jury discovers joys of subroutines, class libraries
