Intellectual Property Case Experience

e-Commerce

  • For the defendant/plaintiff in reciprocal cases — developed invalidity and infringement proofs on Internet shopping catalogs and search engines
  • For the defendant in a class action suit — demonstrated that thee transfer of a purchaser from one site to an affiliate was not without user's affirmative consent
  • For the defendant in an Internet postage case — proved and testified regarding patent invalidity

Internet Infrastructure and Advertising

  • In a mediation — analyzed operation of browsers, meta-tags, caching and deep linking to bypass advertisements
  • For the plaintiff — reported on use of trademarked terms as keywords in search engines linked to banner ads
  • For the plaintiff — determined infringement in DVB satellite delivery of Internet packets
  • For the plaintiff — reviewed source code and testified regarding semantic linking of documents to the Web
  • For the defendant — reviewed source code for selection, composition and serving Internet ads

Casino Gaming

  • For a plaintiff in multiple cases — analyzed mechanical and software control, including randomization of multiple accused products

Internet Media and Digital Rights Management

  • For a music content distributor — reverse engineering of multiple products to determine the methods used to defeat DRM; to determine technical and legal courses of action
  • For the defendant — proof of invalidity of asserted patent covering uniquely keyed disks, with expert report
  • For the plaintiff — analysis of methods used by defendants in Internet distribution of copyrighted video on social network sites
  • For the plaintiff — review of DRM code to establish multiple expressions in source code to counter a "merger" defense
  • For the defendant — analyzed undisclosed prior art and testified about invalidity of patented music recognition techniques

Databases

  • For the plaintiff — multiple cases on automatic SQL generation and visual query techniques
  • For the defendant — developed arguments that the deployment of servers did not violate the contract due to use of multiple servers in hot-standby high-availability system
  • For the defendant — analyzed source code for infringement allegations, and validity of patent covering multi-dimensional, sparse array databases
  • For the plaintiff — analyzed source code, prior art and claims interpretation for distributed contact manager synchronization products

Semiconductor

  • For the plaintiff in multiple matters — analyzed infringement in real time process control in semiconductor manufacturing equipment
  • For the defendant — developed arguments and testified on alleged software copyright issues

Telephony

  • For the defendant — opined on invalidity of keyboard data entry techniques and non-infringement
  • For a cell phone manufacturer — repeated engagements to review validity issues
  • For the plaintiff — developed source code infringement proof in prepaid wireless

Intellectual Property Strategy and Licensing

  • For a major overseas consultancy — prepared a report on U.S. patent litigation strategies and efficacy of software patents
  • Outside member of the patent review committee for an office products manufacturer
  • Developer of an early comprehensive intellectual property litigation database as a due-diligence tool
  • Invited speaker on intellectual property issues in Cleantech
  • Advised a WiMax chip maker, a Cleantech bicycle inventor and a video casino gaming inventor on licensing opportunities

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