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Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Wisconsin

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Wisconsin are outlined in Wisconsin’s Jury Instructions, §1:12 instruction number 7. WIS. PRACTICE SERIES, ELEMENTS OF AN ACTION § 1:12 (2017). This rule instructs the jury that expert witnesses can testify to their opinions on the matter at hand. Id. The rule tells the jury that it is [...]

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Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in West Virginia

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in West Virginia are outlined in the Jury Instructions for Virginia and West Virginia, § 41-112. W. VA. JURY INSTR. § 41-112 (2016). This rule instructs the jury that experts have a specific area of skill that they are permitted to testify to. Id. The jury is to “consider [...]

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Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Washington

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Washington are outlined in Washington’s Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil Rule 2.10. Wash. Prac. Pattern Jury Instr. Civil 2.10 (2013). This rule is not mandatory when there is expert testimony, but if requested by a party the court should read the instruction specifically pertaining to expert witnesses. Id. The [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:32:00-04:00November 10th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Washington

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Virginia

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Virginia are outlined in Virginia’s Practice Jury Instructions §3:8. VA. PRAC. JURY INSTR. §3:8 (2017). These rules provide that when there is “serious conflict in the evidence” the jury must be instructed that it is responsible for determining how much weight to give each witness and which witnesses [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:32:09-04:00November 9th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Virginia

Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Vermont

Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Vermont are outlined in Vermont Civil Jury Instructions § G. Vt. Civil Jury Instr. § G (2008). This rule instructs the jury that individuals with “special knowledge, training, or experience” are experts and they are permitted to testify as to their opinion on the case at hand. Id. [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:32:16-04:00November 8th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure|Comments Off on Expert Witness Sample Jury Instructions in Vermont

Expert Witness in Patent Case: Person of Ordinary Skill in Art (POSA) – a Pitfall

It doesn't say inflatable, but it says this other word...I can't think of a synonym for inflatable, but another word for inflatable and that means...a person who's skilled in the art, again, POSA, would know that that was inflatable, and so it's disclosing that, and it's disclosing that it's orange even though it [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:32:29-04:00November 7th, 2017|Expert Witness Laws/Procedure, Testimony|Comments Off on Expert Witness in Patent Case: Person of Ordinary Skill in Art (POSA) – a Pitfall

Time Limits at U.S. District Court Trials for Patent Expert Witnesses

Excerpted from SEAK's Course: How to Excel as an Expert Witness in Patent Cases: Special Techniques Okay, let's talk about direct examination. We have, like, an hour left. One of the things that I noted when I was doing research for this course...I looked at a survey that Law 360 did, which [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:32:39-04:00November 7th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure, Testimony|Comments Off on Time Limits at U.S. District Court Trials for Patent Expert Witnesses

How Patent Expert Witnesses Can Assist Retaining Counsel with Prior Art Discovery

Excerpted from SEAK's Course: How to Excel as an Expert Witness in Patent Cases: Special Techniques On the prior art side, this is where I find experts to be very helpful, would be what was, if we go back in time to the relevant invention date of, like, say, 1998, what other [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:32:48-04:00November 7th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management|Comments Off on How Patent Expert Witnesses Can Assist Retaining Counsel with Prior Art Discovery

Doctrine of Equivalents Opinions and the Patent Expert Witness

Excerpted from SEAK's Course: How to Excel as an Expert Witness in Patent Cases: Special Techniques Now there's a doctrine of equivalents and this is something we're experts are called upon quite a bit and this is a really tricky area of the law. So it's doctrine of equivalents or DOE as [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:33:04-04:00November 7th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Laws/Procedure, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management, Testimony|Comments Off on Doctrine of Equivalents Opinions and the Patent Expert Witness

How to Optimize Your Expert Witness Directory Listing for Patent Cases

Excerpted from SEAK's Course:  How to Excel as an Expert Witness in Patent Cases:  Special Techniques When you go to the expert witness directory, all right, make sure your online profile is top notch. All right? Get a good, professional photograph. All right? Because I've had, when I started talking about LinkedIn, [...]

By |2023-07-06T09:33:12-04:00November 7th, 2017|Blog, Expert Witness Practice Development/Management|Comments Off on How to Optimize Your Expert Witness Directory Listing for Patent Cases
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