Patent Infringement Expert Witnesses

This highly qualified expert from the field of computer science has an MS and a Ph.D from John Hopkins University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of Association of Computing Machinery and Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. This expert has received several awards for his work, including Best Paper awards, Vice President’s Research Excellence Award and Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal among others. He has over 200 publications and is also an editor with International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, ACM Transactions on Sensor Network, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science and Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications. Currently he serves as professor, Director for Center of Geometric Computation and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at a renowned university.

This master electrician has almost 40 years of hands on experience. His areas of expertise include national electrical code compliance, safety code compliance, high voltage electrical safety orders, grounding and bonding of electrical systems, electrical line contact, high voltage contact, power plant wiring, ANSI standards, electrical patent infringement, accident investigation and OSHA standards. He is currently a private electrical contractor in California.

This highly qualified expert is double board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He is Fellowship trained in Surgical Critical Care from one of the nation's top medical schools and holds membership in multiple prestigious medical organizations such as the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He is a Fellow of the highly regarded American College of Surgeons. He has been widely published in journals such as the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Clinics of North America. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker at engagements both nationally and internationally. He is an innovator in his field and holds a patent for a novel treatment for sepsis. Additionally, he leads a basic science laboratory studying the immune consequences of traumatic brain injury and has been funded by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Shock Society, The Central Surgical Association, and the American College of Surgeons. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care at a major medical university on a tenure track.

This expert has been working as a mechanical engineer and testifying expert witness for over 30 years. He holds both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a BES from Georgia Tech. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Member of SAE and ASM. This expert is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE), providing expertise across a wide range of engineering topics and fields. He has deep experience in medical devices including cardiovascular, orthopedic, and spinal applications and applications of nitinol shape memory materials. He has experience as an Expert Witness, has testified in trial and deposition, and authored expert reports and IPR declarations. He works in patents and product failure analysis and forensics. He was previously Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University as well as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.

This highly qualified expert is the current director of the Office of Technology Transfer and Licensing at a major college in Massachusetts. He previously served as assistant director in the Office of Technology Transfer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York and was an assistant professor in Virginia Commonwealth University. He has 10+ years of biomedical science research experience and a broad background combining experience in the life sciences, business, and patent law. He is a long time member of the Association of University Technology Managers and the Licensing Executives Society. He was among the first to earn a Certified Licensing Professional credential, and now serves as a current CLP Exam Development Committee member and AUTM International Professional Development Committee member. He is also a Registered Technology Transfer Professional. As a United States Patent and Trademark Office Registered Patent Agent, he has extensive experience in patent application and prosecution. He holds a PhD in molecular biology from Nankai University in China and an MBA from the University of Richmond. He is also the President and Board Chairman of the World Association of Chinese Technology Managers (WACTM).

This expert is an empirical economist and law professor with testifying experience. His research interests revolve around employment law; the dynamics of civil litigation, particularly settlement; criminal law; and sentencing law and reform. He earned his JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was the treasurer and an editor of the Harvard Law Review; he went on to earn a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in the patent field. He spent 33 years in the USPTO starting as a patent examiner and working his way through the ranks to become the Commissioner for Patents in March 2000. After retirement from government service, this expert was the executive advisor at the intellectual property law firm of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch LLP. His practice included advising clients on USPTO practices and procedures and acting as an expert witness in numerous patent litigations. He has testifed in U.S. District courts as an expert witness on several occasions. Recently, he has formed his own consulting practice continuing work as a patent consultant and expert witness.

This well-credentialed expert earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from Columbia University, an M.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Iowa. He has extensive experience in cosmetics development, including positions at Johnson & Johnson, Avon Products, and DeLaire Inc. From 1993 until 2001, the expert was the Senior Director of Research and Development for Gryphon Development / Bath & Body Works Inc. / Victoria Secret Beauty. In this position, he developed formulations for treatment products, cleansing products, and OTC drugs. The expert currently runs his own independent cosmetics development consultancy, through which he has worked with firms including Bath and Body Works, Unilever Latin America, Morning Glory Products, and many others.

This expert is an extensively published economic damages and Intellectual property consultant. He has completed complex consulting assignments involving the valuation and pricing of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intangible assets. His opinions are used to accomplish licensing transactions, acquisitions, transfer pricing, litigation support, collateral-based financing, and joint ventures. His work has also notably been relied upon with regards to IP infringement damages. This expert also publishes three royalty rate resource books, which have been sold all over the world. These books are dedicated to reporting detailed information about the economic aspects of intellectual property transactions including licensing and joint ventures.

This highly qualified expert received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University University. He is the primary inventor of 11 patents and has reviewed 20+ cases on patent validity and infringement since 1998. He is a Fellow of several professional organizations in the field including the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, American Physical Society, and The Optical Society of America. Formerly, he was at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he researched novel sources of ultraviolet and soft X-ray coherent radiation, advanced lithography, picosecond optoelectronics, semiconductor physics, surface physics, MOS device physics, and integrated circuit process technology. He held management positions as Head of the Laser Science Research Department and Head of the ULSI Technology Research Department at AT&T Bell Labs. He has also done technical consulting for Rodel Inc., Alpha Golf, Inc., University Technology Ventures, Inc., and Veeco Metrology Group. Currently, this expert is the Associate Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Chair of the EE Division, College of Engineering at a high-ranking major university.

This industrial design expert has 45+ years of experience in product design and engineering. The expert founded a successful industrial design development company in Philadelphia in 1970 and remained Principle of the business through 2012. In addition, he served as a local and national officer for the Industrial Designers Society of America and was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award as well as election to the Academy of Fellows. The expert earned his B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and is currently a Member of the Product Development Management Association. He now works as a professor and a product design & development consultant.

This qualified expert holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Licensing Professional as well as an Certified Valuation Analyst. He specializes in intellectual property damages analysis including reasonable royalty and lost profit calculations. With more than 17 years experience in the fields of intellectual property assertion, intellectual property monetization, trademark disputes, copyright, breach of contract disputes, commercial business disputes, financial modeling, valuation and other economic damages issues, Marcus had led projects covering numerous industries including semiconductor, wireless networking, cellular communications technologies, internet software, oil & gas drilling technology, commercial services and telecommunications sectors.

This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience before the US Patent and Trademark Office dealing with intellectual property and patent litigation in electronics. He earned his MS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan and then his JD from Georgetown University. He has over 80 patents to his name and has given seminars in his field. He has been an associate attorney and a partner at several intellectual properties and patent firms before starting his own in the Washington DC area.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 40 years of experience in his field. He received his BS in mathematics from Denison University and his MBA in finance from the University of Michigan. He was the founder and CEO of three successful insurance software companies over the course of nearly 30 years. He has also formerly served as the VP of national accounts for Republic Hogg Robinson, the senior VP of strategy and CIO of Adjustco, and the president of the claims software division for Insurity. Currently, this expert serves as the managing director for an insurance software consulting company in Connecticut.

This highly qualified expert has over 35 years of experience in healthcare and over 45 years of experience in information technology. He received his BBA in quantitative methods and his MBA in economics and finance from the University of Missouri. He then earned his PhD in healthcare administration at Anderson University. His former positions include executive vice president and general manager of Unicomp Corporation, chief information officer of Aldus Corporation, co-founder and CTO of Health Systems Technologies, and executive director and co-founder of eMRnet. He was also an associate professor and director of eHealth at Mercer University. Currently, this expert serves as the founder and principal of a business consulting firm in South Carolina.

This highly qualified expert has 55 years of experience with semiconductors and over 15 years of experience with patents. He earned his BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a focus on semiconductors. He completed advanced management courses through Raytheon and is a registered U.S. patent agent. This expert currently holds 4 patents and has published 4 technology books. For 20 years, he worked for a variety of companies in the technology industry in various positions. Most notably, he worked on military microelectronics for Martin-Marietta and Raytheon, was part of the adjunct faculty for Arizona State University, and specialized in semiconductors for Motorola. Currently, he is the president of a strategic technology consulting firm based in Colorado that he founded over 30 years ago.

This qualified expert has extensive experience with patents and software-related intellectual property as an IT litigation consultant and attorney. He received his BS in biology and chemistry from Stony Brook University and his MS in chemistry from SUNY Stony Brook before earning his JD from Georgetown University. He also earned his MML in international business and economic law from Georgetown University. He is a member of the state bar of California and is a registered patent agent. He has formerly served as a patent agent for Marjama, Muldoon, Blasiak, & Sullivan and law clerk for the Office of Unfair Import Investigations of the United States International Trade Commission. Currently, this expert is a software analyst for a technical consulting firm based in Maryland.

This expert in intellectual property and patents received his BA in astronomy and his MA in physics from the University of California-Berkeley as well as his JD from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Bar of the State of California and is registered to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office. He has extensive experience in patent portfolio strategy and management, as well as IP protection for startups. This expert has previously served in a variety of roles in the realms of patents and intellectual property within law firms and in-house departments, including as a director and chief patent counsel, vice president and patent portfolio manager, and partner. Currently, he serves as the partner for the intellectual property segment of one of the oldest law firms in the Pacific Northwest.

This highly qualified expert has nearly three decades of experience in the field of pharmaceutical development. She received her BS in biochemistry and organic chemistry and both her DEA and PhD in medicinal chemistry, all from the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, a prestigious French University. She holds 20 patents, mostly in relation to the processing and preparation of pharmaceuticals and is responsible for three finished products as well. She has held a variety of roles within the industry, beginning with several roles as a senior scientist and then moving up to principal scientist at ChemoCentryx, Inc. She then became a consultant for SciMed Partners and Franklin & Associates International LLC. She subsequently transitioned to working with patents, becoming a registered U.S. patent agent and then serving at both Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Currently, she is the founder and principal at a biopharmaceutical company and a co-founder and COO of a second biopharmaceutical company, both located in California.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the bicycle industry. He has expertise across a variety of bicycle-related areas, including bicycle and triathlon event safety, analysis of bicycle crashes and accident sites, product failures, and bicycle-related intellectual property matters such as patents and trademarks. He earned his BS in mechanical engineering from the State University of York at Buffalo, is a registered patent agent, and currently holds 4 patents involving the engineering and design of bicycle products. He began his career in the bicycle industry as the race director for WPI Criterium, as well as a product manager for Alden Laboratories, where he was involved in all aspects of bicycle saddle products. This expert then served as the president of CC Kinetics Inc. while also working as a freelance writer and editor for multiple bicycle-related publications. During this time, he also served as the race director for the Great Lakes Cycling Classic, the Sprague Brook Park Cyclocross, and the Longsjo Classic. Currently, this expert serves as the registered patent agent and business principal for a patent agency based in Vermont. He is also the lead announcer for several competitive and recreational cycling events and an elite-level competitive cyclist competing in at least one sanctioned race per year.