Summit Technology, Inc. v. Nidek Co., Ltd

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by awarding 50 percent of the prevailing party’s copying costs, though the party had failed to identify copied documents
• concluding that the First Circuit would likely adopt a narrow definition of exemplification excluding prevailing party’s costs for computer animations, videos, PowerPoint presentations, and graphic illustrations in patent infringement suit
• stating that a court’s discretion is limited to awarding costs that are within the scope of § 1920
• trial exhibits—including computer animations, videos, Powerpoint presentations, and graphic illustrations—are not taxable as costs under First Circuit law; noting circuit split
• disallowing trial consultant costs in a patent case
• disallowing trial consultant costs in a patent case

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