IP LITIGATION

Software & Digital Hardware Expert

Patent · Trade Secret · Copyright

Consulting Expert · Testifying Expert

HOW I WORK WITH COUNSEL

What kind of expert do you need?

CONSULTING EXPERT

Know what you’re really dealing with

In a consulting role, the first job is usually to understand the technical arguments and test them against the evidence. That may mean getting into source code, architecture, system behavior, design records, development history, or whatever else is needed to see what holds up. The goal is to give you a clear picture of what the evidence supports, where the weaknesses are, and what still needs to be answered.

Consulting Expert: source-code and implementation analysis · technical analysis of claim limitations and prior art · technical investigation · custom tooling / scripting · clean-room management

TESTIFYING EXPERT

An opinion that stands up

When you need a technical opinion on the record, you need to know the analysis really supports it—and that the reasoning can be explained clearly and defended under scrutiny.

Testifying Expert: technical opinions · reports and declarations · rebuttal analysis · deposition · trial testimony

BY MATTER TYPE

What needs to be answered

Patent

What does the accused system actually implement? How does that implementation relate to the asserted claims, and what does the prior art actually disclose?

Trade Secret

What technology existed? What was disclosed or used? How do the implementations compare, and what does the development record show about independent development?

Copyright

How do the software implementations compare, which similarities and differences are technically meaningful, and what does the development history show?

TECHNICAL FIT

Software through Hardware.

Most systems I work on don't fit neatly into just one category.

Software & Embedded Systems

C/C++, software architecture, firmware, interfaces, embedded systems, and hardware/software integration.

Graphics & GPU Systems

Rendering, GPU processing, graphics pipelines, real-time graphics, and visualization.

Imaging & Computer Vision

Image processing, computer vision, video, sensor processing, and related algorithms.

Digital Hardware

ASICs, RTL, digital architecture, interfaces, logic implementation, and hardware/software partitioning.

ENGINEERING BACKGROUND

Engineering Backed Analysis.

I came into litigation after years of engineering work spanning ASIC and firmware development for printers and image senseors at HP to graphics and GPU technology path-finding at Intel. Over roughly the last decade, I’ve applied that engineering background to patent, trade-secret, and copyright matters involving software, source code, digital systems, and technical development history.

I’ve also continued doing engineering work through Radiant Perspectives - graphics- intensive software, rendering pipelines, simulation, and related systems — so my litigation work remains connected to hands-on engineering.

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