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Gateway vs. Adams
Team 5 Against
The Case
• Gateway misplaced evidence unknowingly
• Adam’s on a personal crusade to get as
much money from large companies as
possible
• Judge Stewart’s reprimand outrageous
– Gateway pays for millionaires court costs
– Leads the way for further abuse of the system
EDD Retention
• Length of data retention
– Approx. 6 years
• Amount of data stored in timeframe
– Petabytes of information
– Needle in a haystack
• Not necessarily intentional
– Accidents happen
• Redundancy systems?
– Data retention back in 1999
Unintentional
Accidents Happen
• System Error (Software & Hardware)
• Deadlines are Aggressive
• The rush to get a big e-production done by
the deadline can cause such accidents to
happen.
References
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Mims, Bob. "Gateway Inc. Sanctioned for Destroying Evidence." Salt Lake
Tribune. 30 Mar. 2006. 4 Apr. 2006 <http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_3657798>.
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Mims, Bob. "Gateway Patent Suit Opens with Mea Culpa." Salt Lake
Tribune. 3 Apr. 2006. 4 Apr. 2006 <http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_3669779>.
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Mims, Bob. "Gateway Settles Patent Suit Filed by Utah Entrepreneur." Salt
Lake Tribune. 4 Apr. 2006. 4 Apr. 2006
<http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_3673135>.
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Mims, Bob. "Update: Gateway Settles Infringement Suit." Salt Lake Tribune.
4 Apr. 2006. 4 Apr. 2006 <http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_3671919>.