Sentences with phrase «decision at the preliminary stages»

This would lead to a premature and ineffective decision at the preliminary stages.

Not exact matches

For example, when the Apple / Samsung global patent litigation disputes started a few years ago, some commentators attributed the parties» decision not to litigate in Canada to inter alia, our lengthy discovery process and our apparent reluctance to narrow the issues early on (for example by providing claim charts (for both validity and infringement) at a preliminary stage).

But Judge Koh noted that the jury was not bound by the preliminary injunction decision and that certain evidence was considered by the jury that was not available at the preliminary injunction stage, including among other things Apple's concession that the original iPad did not implement this design patent.

As I explained in a previous post, «the decision on Apple's claims was very specific not only to the four patents at issue at that stage of the litigation but also to the course of events in that litigation (as I pointed out in my detailed analysis)», as evidenced by the fact that Apple has meanwhile won two preliminary injunctions against Samsung, while «Judge Posner's position on FRAND is universally - applicable, and it will be extremely influential, throughout and beyond the United States», to Google's (Motorola's) dismay.

``... if it appears at the time the decision on pre-trial detention is taken that the «officer authorised by law to exercise judicial power» is liable to intervene in the subsequent proceedings as a representative of the prosecuting authority, then he could not be regarded as independent of the parties at that preliminary stage as it is possible for him to become one of the parties at a later stage.»

The decision cited by the SCC was merely a preliminary judgement and never landed on whether or not partners were employees, it just refused to rule that they were definitely not at that stage.