Maybe it was the placid surroundings of Vista, California. Or perhaps it had more to do with the quietly imposing presence of San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Casserly. Whatever the reason, Viasat Inc.‘s and Acacia Communications Inc.’s hot-button, high-stakes IP trial got off to a polite start Monday. Four hours of opening statements were completed Monday without a single objection or even so much as a raised voice.

But that doesn’t mean Viasat counsel Kenneth Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Knaier and Michael Albert of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks didn’t have some choice words for their opponents’ clients.