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

Jointly retained by counsels of parties to review respective source code, in a matter arising from employment agreements

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
For a private equity fund, pre-decision technical due-diligence reviews of multiple potential mezzanine investments

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