Litgation Support

Intellectual Property

We have significant experience with cases involving copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, and trademark infringement.

Our assignments have included:

Evaluating source code, including databases to determine copyright infringement (SOS analysis, AFC analysis)
Invalidity analysis of patents and infringement analysis of patents
Analysis of technical documents and other information related to intellectual property infringement, including software design documents, software configuration management (source code control), software test scripts and records, and developer notebooks
Deposition testimony and testimony before arbitration panels and in the federal courts

Our work often also involves assisting counsel with:

pretrial discovery
preparation for depositions of fact witnesses and experts retained by opposing counsel
technical issues that arise during depositions and during arbitration hearings and trials

Commercial Litigation

We have been retained by counsel in several commercial litigation matters involving computer software and the Internet. Our assignments have included:

Analysis of patent invalidity and patent infringement
Evaluating software implementations and software functionality
Analysis of software testing and quality
Analysis of systems integration services and software project management
Assessing software contract compliance, software licenses, marketing agreements, and management practices
Evaluating e-commerce security systems and e-commerce system (hardware and software) functionality and performance
Valuing intellectual property, including software code, copyrights, and trade secrets in the calculation of economic damages

Representative Engagements

We were retained by counsel for the defendant, a global automobile manufacturer, in a patent infringement case.

We were retained by counsel for the defendant, a Fortune 100 conglomerate, in a software copyright and trade secret case.

We were retained by counsel for the plaintiff, a developer of Internet and wireless software systems for health care professionals, in a copyright infringement case.

We were retained by counsel for the plaintiff, a distributor of enterprise software, regarding industry-standard practices in software marketing and distribution.

We were retained by counsel for the plaintiff, a publicly-traded systems integrator, regarding the integrator’s performance relative to industry-standard practices.

We were retained by counsel for the defendant, a publicly-traded software company, regarding the company’s software development and testing practices.

We were retained by counsel for the defendant, a publicly-traded IT services company and manufacturer, in a trademark infringement case.

We were retained by counsel for the plaintiff, one of the nation’s largest distribution companies, in a software trade secret and copyright case.

We were retained by joint counsel for the defendants, a major automobile manufacturer, a global retailer, and a motorcycle manufacturer, in a patent infringement case.