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Originally Posted by anamardoll
BUT. Neither am I willing to assume without evidence that the judge is skilled in this sort of decision.
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With all due respect, you (and I, frankly) are not important enough for any legal professional to go out of their way to 'prove' themselves to. They (or, indeed, I) could easily turn the question around and ask what qualifications and skills do you possess that makes your opinion on the case worthy? Considering the specific nature of this case, I would guess, whatever it is, it is lower than that of the judge. (Although, for all I know, you could indeed be an expert on IP law. In which case, do go ahead and argue the judge's point...
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The fact that she is a qualified judge, in a progressive and advanced country like Germany is, for me, evidence enough. I sort of take the opposite view from you; i.e., unless you can present evidence demonstrating that she is unqualified for the job, I will assume that she must be. I, personally, do not question the skills or qualifications of a person, unless I have information to the contrary. Besides, if you (a general 'you', not necessarily specific to *you*) are going to claim that Person X is unskilled or unqualified, then the burden of proof lies with you. I would not say the judge has to prove anything.
But even if you're correct, and this judge isn't particularly skilled (although murraypaul has presented evidence to the contrary), she's still more skilled than most of us. On a scale of 1 to 10, if she is a '2', the majority of posters in this thread are a '-2'. So she still wins...
