Judge steps down in patent lawsuit filed over Apple’s Siri

A recently filed lawsuit over Apple’s Siri has already run into a wrinkle — the judge assigned to the case has stepped down because of his “interest” in Apple.
District Court Judge Gary Sharpe recused himself from the case yesterday, citing a law that says, “Any conduct that would lead a reasonable [person] knowing all the circumstances to the conclusion that the judge’s ‘impartiality might reasonably be questioned’ is a basis for the judge’s disqualification.”
It’s not clear what Sharpe’s “interest” in Apple was, but most likely it was something like owning stock in the company.
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