It was both low rent and brilliant. Jack Scarola, a Florida lawyer, countered Johnson & Johnson's high-tech courtroom presentation in a patent-infringement case with the help of paper clips and Post-it notes.
The Daily Business Review reports a J&J subsidiary used a massive video screen to show the jury how the disputed device works. Mr. Scarola was apparently worried the oversized images would distort the jury's view of the device.
He went back to his hotel room that night and constructed his own replica of the device using the contents of his briefcase. It may be low tech, but it worked. When the patent infringement trial ended in federal court in Miami, he had won US$2-million for his client. It's reported he is looks to triple that by arguing willful infringement.
Source: National Post, Canada
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