Evan Day is an experienced patent litigator with a history of securing wins for clients in a variety of forums, including jury and bench trials. Evan practices in the areas of patent litigation, U.S. International Trade Commission Section 337 investigations, post-grant procedures, including inter partes review (IPR) trials before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and due diligence investigations. He has represented clients in litigation matters spanning a wide variety of technologies, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), control systems, optics, displays, user interfaces, mapping services, navigation systems, audio applications, image processing, home audio/visual networking (including UPnP and DLNA), Internet of Things, touch-sensitive interfaces, digital graphics, electronic gaming systems, DNA testing, and virtual and augmented reality.
As part of Evan’s extensive PTAB experience, he has litigated several IPR cases through oral hearing and final written decisions decided in favor of firm clients, and participated in drafting numerous petitions for IPR which resulted in institution decisions and favorable settlements.
A former judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps, Evan served primarily as a prosecutor while on active duty. He tried complex felony-level, court-martial cases, before both judges and juries, involving such offenses as rape, obstruction of justice, conspiracy, larceny, fraud and narcotics manufacturing and distribution. Evan continues to serve as an attorney in the Marine Corps Reserve with the rank of Major.
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Professional Recognition
- Listed as a "Top Forty Under Forty" by Daily Transcript, 2020
- Awarded American Bar Association "Award for Professional Merit" for graduating first in class at the Naval Justice School in Newport, RI, 2009
Related Employment
- U.S. Marine Corps, Judge Advocate, 2008 - 2011
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, MD, Intellectual Property Paralegal, 2007 - 2008
- Hamilton, Brook, Smith and Reynolds, P.C., Concord, MA, Summer Associate, 2006