Judge Suggests Apple Is "Smoking Crack" With Witness List In Samsung Case

infodragon writes "Today in the ongoing Apple vs Samsung court case Judge Lucy Koh's patience wore thin as Apple presented a 75-page document highlighting 22 witnesses it would like to call in for rebuttal testimony, provided the court had the time. As those following the case closely know quite well, the case has a set number of hours which are already wearing quite thin. As quoted by The Verge as they sat in the courtroom listening in, Koh wondered aloud why Apple would offer the list 'when unless you're smoking crack you know these witnesses aren't going to be called!'"

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Not exorbitant, per hour was $550

[SuperKendall]

Apple has been caught buying their design expert witness for 75.000 USD.

They guy worked for it though, 136 hours or so (if you had read the article you'd know he was being paid $550/hour).

You seem to think an expert witness is just spending a few hours on a stand. Not so, there are MANY hours spent in preparation of a trial, also helping APple produce supporting documents or determine what is infringing.

That seems like a lot of money but consider that the person has to work in a high stress environment, taking time away from other projects - and to boot is highly valuable as having actually been the one working on a lot of Apple icons. $550/hour is totally reasonable.

Re:At first I thought the Judge was biased

[Anonymous Coward]

Now you're trying to defend your baseless statements with semantics. Just nut up and say you were wrong.