SERVICES: Trial Presentation Services, Trial Technician, and PowerPoint Creation
CASE CAPTION: USITC INSTITUTES SECTION 337 INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN COMPUTER NETWORK SECURITY EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, RELATED SOFTWARE, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING SAME; Inv. No. 337-TA-1314
CASE TYPE: Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, Unfair Competition
COURT: United States International Trade Commission, Washington, DC (ITC)
LOCATION: Washington, DC
JUDGE: Administrative Law Judge MaryJoan McNamara
LAW FIRMS: Kramer Levin (Plaintiff) and Reed Smith (Defendant)
OVERVIEW: Provided trial technician to display exhibits and PowerPoints at the trial. Worked with expert witnesses and client to fine-tune PowerPoint slides. Used OnCue to create callouts and highlights of exhibits for use in PowerPoint.
UNIQUE ASPECT OF TRIAL: We were the first or second trial in the newly-renovated Courtroom A, which has been outfitted with over 20 monitors and a large projector screen. Everything is updated and made for an enjoyable presentation. We were also the first or second in-person trial post COVID. As such, the parties and the ITC staff had to adjust to being back in the ITC.
ITC trials are timed. Here, each side only had a couple of days to put on their entire case, which is very difficult for a complex patent case. Furthermore, the time was also divided up between the ITC staff, which gets to put on evidence as well. The combination of three parties made for a very busy trial.
RESULT: ITC proceedings are bench trials, and the Judge has not issued her findings yet. This blog will be updated upon her findings being issued.
