Apple iPod suit: Innovation is best defense

 

 

The just-rejected lawsuit filed against Apple over its hardball iPod strategy last decade probably won't get into legal textbooks as the right way to bring a class action against a Silicon Valley giant.

After the plaintiffs' lawyers showed the court a picture of an Apple product purchased outside the lawsuit's certification dates – then struggled to provide any certified plaintiffs — the verdict was nearly a foregone conclusion.

Yes, there's always an appeal, but the jury's unanimous decision makes that attempt by lawyers for former iPod consumers an equally-long long shot.