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From: Steven Bellovin
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 14:04
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 14:04
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In article <1991May23.032146.10692@eecs.nwu.edu>, ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu (Patrick A. Townson) writes: > > Can you prove it to a jury of ignorami? > > I wouldn't have to. Again, in a civil case, BOTH SIDES have to agree > on having a bench trial or jury trial . I'm not a lawyer, but... Here's the wording of the 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. Since patents are a matter of Federal law, this amendment presumably applies. (Besides, in my discussions with a patent lawyer he repeatedly stressed that it could be a jury trial if it ever came to that.)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ulysses!ulysses.att.com!smb From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: bizarre question... Keywords: RSA patent rpem Message-ID: <14880@ulysses.att.com> Date: 23 May 91 14:04:00 GMT References: <1991May16.201709.3086@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1991May23.032146.10692@eecs.nwu.edu> Sender: netnews@ulysses.att.com Lines: 17