The public debate at the time was more focused on whether this meant that judges in general are tired
of smartphone patent suits, and there was a fundamental misunderstanding on the part
of all those who thought the cancelation
of the Chicago trial was a loss only for Apple, when in
reality the FRAND - related part
of Judge Posner's ruling — which I called «absolutely
fantastic» in the analysis I just linked to — was a major victory for Apple (more important than the negative part for Apple in my
view).