Packaging & Labeling
Expert Witnesses and Consultants
Are you an attorney searching for a packaging or labeling expert witness for your legal matter? We will connect you with our experienced and credentialed packaging experts.
Packaging tells a product’s story. Creative packaging can be a work of art or sometimes (consider those resealable Ziplock packages) an important product feature. Packaging can be an effective utility as well as a marketing and sales tool. That’s why some companies spend millions of dollars designing the proper packaging for their product.
When legal matters arise related to packaging, litigation support by an experience packaging expert can make your case. Our experts have assisted with hundreds of legal matters, including patent infringement, trademark, trade secret and trade dress matters. Contact us today. We’ll present you with the full CVs of our expert witness candidates for your consideration, with no obligation to retain.
Primary packaging materials include:
- Paper, paperboard, and fiberboard, which are used to make labels, paper bags, butcher paper, milk and juice cartons, and corrugated boxes.
- Plastics, which can be strong, durable, lightweight, disposable, inexpensive, and/or hygienic.
- Glass, which is primarily used to package food and beverages.
- Steel, which is commonly used for shipping large quantities of industrial materials such as chemicals and fuel.
- Aluminum, which is used for aluminum cans, foil, and aerosol products.
- Wood packaging material in the form of pallets, bins, and other containers.
Litigation support by a packaging expert witness may involve matters such as patent infringement, including design, utility and trade dress issues. Design patents protect ornamental features that determine how a packaged product looks, such as its proportions and surface ornamentation. Utility patents protect function and how the packaging works. Trade dress describes the overall appearance and design, including size, shape, color, and graphics, of the packaging.
Our packaging and labeling experts apply diverse skill sets to navigate complex, high stakes litigation to protect your intellectual property or represent your client in civil litigation and class actions. We’ve placed packaging expert witnesses to testify in numerous cases, including a patent infringement expert in a semiconductor wafer packaging case, a materials science expert to testify on the physical properties of stretch wrap used on trucks, a packaging expert for dunnage practice standards in late 1990’s, and a packaging expert to opine on the slack-fill in personal products. On the labeling side we have placed experts to opine on EPA/FIFRA labeling requirements, and a multitude of experts to testify on deceptive labeling claims in cases related to pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, food and beverage items, pet foods, home cleaning products and pesticides.
Packaging Experts For All Practice Areas
Packaging and labeling expert witnesses have many different areas of expertise. Most have degrees in a field such as Packaging Science, Packaging Systems and Design, Packaging Engineering, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Product Design, Chemical Engineering and Human Factors Engineering.
The following is a sample of the areas in which our packaging and labeling expert witnesses may consult or testify:
- Patent or packaging design infringement disputes
- Trademark, trade dress or trade secret disputes
- Food packaging product development
- Deceptive marketing and advertising disputes
A sampling of our packaging case studies, and expert interviews showcases the breadth and depth of our experts’ proficiency. Contact us today for your packaging expert witness search.
High-speed Packaging Line Expert for Standard of Care Case
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Packaging Expert for Slack-fill Case
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Chemical Engineering Expert for Class Action Alleging Fraud
Chemical Engineering Expert for Class Action Alleging Fraud The need Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in their class action against a consumer products manufacturer needed a [...]
Packaging Industry Expert for Price Collusion Class Action
Packaging Industry Expert for Price Collusion Class Action The need Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in an antitrust class action alleging collusion between packaging companies to [...]
Nutritional Supplement Efficacy Expert for Class Action
Nutritional Supplement Efficacy Expert for Class Action The need Our client needed an expert to investigate whether a key ingredient in a nutritional [...]
Glass Recycling Expert for Inter Partes Review Defense
Glass recycling expert for Inter Partes Review defense The need Attorneys representing a leading manufacturer of glass containers needed a glass recycling expert to [...]
Physical Science Expert for False Advertising Case
Physical sciences expert for false advertising case The need Attorneys at an AmLaw 100 firm defending a skincare company against a false advertising [...]
Supply Chain Accountability Expert for Fraud Class Action
Supply chain accountability expert for fraud class action The need Attorneys representing customers of several well-known retailers in a class action suit claiming [...]
How are false advertising claims proven?
Ask the expert: How are false advertising claims proven? In recent weeks, the FDA and FTC sent warning letters to companies selling fraudulent products [...]
Ask the expert – paper plastic or reusable
Ask the expert: Paper, plastic, or reusable? The answer isn't simple. Technical and consumer recycling solutions are needed—but both are widely misunderstood. Since [...]
Ask the expert: What’s new in packaging science?
Ask the expert: What's next in packaging science? Most people give little thought to the packaging surrounding a new product, but Bob Kimmel is [...]
How We Identify Your Experts
Unlike other companies who search for experts through stale databases, Rubin Anders works in lockstep with our clients to identify the precise expert you seek. Our researchers dig deep into the science or industry elite to identify the proverbial “needle in a haystack” authority you need. At Rubin Anders, the team assigned to your case will include deeply trained scientists, lawyers, and others highly skilled in their job, many with Ph.D.’s. It’s a result of understanding your problem, knowing the right questions to ask, and probing your expectations. And as your case and needs evolve, we proactively anticipate that, too. Even if you are looking for a unique expert, we take professional pride in bringing them to you.
We succeed at locating knowledgeable experts with deep experience in the packaging and labeling arenas because we have years of experience, a team of researchers who are themselves often Ph.D. scientists and our exacting search methodologies honed over 20-years in business. You will not find the technical expertise of our research department in any other expert placement firm. Our team and our process are unparalleled for successfully matching your perfect expert.
The primary criteria we use to select these individuals include, but are not limited to:
- Academic background and certifications
- Industry experience and professional background
- Location and travel limitations
- Experience in legal proceedings, including prior testimony experience
- Qualifications of the opposition witnesses
- Conflicts of interest
- Fees
Our team of Ph.D. and J.D. researchers have years of experience in their disciplines and are consummately poised to identify experts who can fill the niche you need. Whether you’re seeking an intellectual property expert to opine on infringement of a blow molded bottle design, or a human factor engineering expert witness to testify to the adequacy of label warnings on a consumer product, we have the technical expertise and extensive network to find your perfect expert.
Here is a profile of one of our packaging experts that we have enjoyed a long-standing working relationship with: Dr. Robert Kimmel holds multiple materials engineering degrees from M.I.T. has over 30 years of industry experience and over 20 years of academic experience. He has testified in more than 50 cases. Before you leave this page, we think you’d learn some interesting facts from our conversations with him about the industry.
FEATURED EXPERT
Dr. Robert Kimmel
Plastics, polymers, and packaging
Dr. Kimmel holds multiple materials engineering degrees from M.I.T., has over 30 years of industry experience and over ten years of academic experience.
ASK THE EXPERT
What’s next in
packaging science?
As a thought leader in all aspects of packaging and package design, we asked Bob Kimmel to provide insight into the future of packaging. Here are some of his observations.