We have a suite of Apple products at home. We use iTunes every day. We learned to program BASIC on an Apple IIE. So, next to Henry Ford, Steve Jobs has been the most notable American innovator in our life.
FindLaw even named our office mascot - a life-sized plastic goose - Jobs after the Great Steve. (Jobs the Goose is currently wearing a black neck tie in mourning.)
As we mull Jobs’ impact on technology innovation over the last 35 years, we also began to consider his impact on the legal world. Everyone knows that he was a tech innovator, but what will Steve Jobs’ legal legacy be? Here is just a small sampling:
Most people will overlook Steve Jobs’ legal legacy when they consider his impact on the world, but Jobs and Apple always kept life interesting for lawyers. He is missed.
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