[perlgeek]

The part that annoyed me the most about the series is this: it doesn't show anything in trial about whether the patent is actually valid.

And then in the final verdict, the jury decides the patent is invalid. Of course, if it's invalid, nobody can infringe it either, which makes the rest of the decisions obvious.

(I'm also a bit disappointed that it shows the two Germans as being close to the CCC, which was firmly against software patents, but doesn't even touch on the tension this must have caused).

[glenneroo]

Maybe you missed the last episode but there was a lot of tension regarding CCC but it was mostly (or strictly?) between the two Germans. One of them was considered giving up the case rather than, when questioned, ask if he had any relations to CCC, who are known to have hacked into NSA, etc. Also they referenced exactly that detail, that the CCC was against patents and they were in the middle of a patent litigation case.

Spoiler: They resolved the issue by getting a charter of CCC members, whereupon neither of them was listed and thus the defense (Google) was forbidden from even asking about it.