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The full judgement is here: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgment...

The word "cool" appears twice, and the quotes from the Engadget article are there (albeit selected from a long document).

Kind of strange to read a British High Court judge commenting on coolness in industrial design.

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And we all know that what an ageing judge thinks is cool must be right on the bleeding edge of hip-ness :)

I'm not sure age matters as much as we might think it does. Steve jobs was no young man when Apple came back from near oblivion, and he was very active in determining what was "cool".

I'm not sure having someone invested in determining 'cool' is valid in any way or if it even has any meaning or should be given any importance.

But seems you attribute a value to that, so subjectivly that will work for you and it will provide a self rewarding feeling of belonging. Look at it in a broader way and we are back to square one, each person gets to pick what the person wants and likes, no matter how influenceable one is. It's just that. Lets not group this judge, Jobs and the Fonz for reinforcement conditioning.

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