Expert in Intellectual Property, Product Development, & Product Liability​
Michael Nranian has over 30 years’ experience in intellectual property, product development, and product liability litigation.
Contact: (248) 376-0338​​
​Michael Nranian
Intellectual Property Services
Intellectual Property Services and Experiences Include:
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Evaluation of patent infringement/non-infringement, and patent validity/invalidity, including America Invents Act, and 101, 102, 103, 112 and prior art arguments including analyses under literal infringement and the under the doctrine of equivalents. Prosecution history estoppel.
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Development of claim charts for Markman hearings, ITC cases, and federal cases. Expert reports, depositions, hearing and trial testimony.
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Technology standards boards and licensing authorities, antitrust/DOJ, technology development and transfer, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, data rights, trademark infringement/dilution, unfair competition/trade, false/deceptive advertising Lanham Act, Class Actions, etc.
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Georgia-Pacific factors analyses for determining reasonable royalty for plaintiff or defense. Willful infringement arguments.
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Development and Analysis of Markman briefs, claim charts, conducting prior art searches, and the analyses of patent file wrappers.
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Discovery and motion practice, summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition and reply briefs.
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Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications, U.S. applications, international filings. Post-Grant Review, Inter Partes Review, Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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Prior art/patentability research in technical literature, publications, product specifications, and dissertations to analyze validity and obviousness.
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Litigation support and technology education in patent disputes, Federal Cases, ITC cases, & re-examinations, derivation proceedings, prior user rights.
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Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, computers, algorithms, microprocessors, & automotive components/systems involving all aspects of intellectual property litigation. Cellular, telecommunication, GPS/navigation, mobile telematics, information/data transmission, Human machine interfaces, etc.
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Deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States.
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Magna v. TRW; Bradley v. Fontaine Trailer; ATI; Remy v. WAI (ITC); Horizon v. Continental (IPR); Stratos v. Volvo; IQASR v. Wendt; Mobileye v. Picutup; Karma v. Lordstown; Speedguage v. Inthinc; Voxx v. JSI; Magna v. SMR; (MPEG); Bosch v. Autel; Dorman v. Paccar & many other cases
Additional Intellectual Property Information:
I have deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States. Additional areas of experience include:
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Evaluation of patent infringement/non-infringement, and patent validity/invalidity, including America Invents Act & 101, 102, 103, 112 and prior art arguments. Analyses performed under literal infringement and the doctrine of equivalents. Prosecution History Estoppel.
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Development and Analysis of claim charts for Markman hearings, ITC cases, & federal cases, and Inter Partes reviews.
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Expert reports, depositions, hearing and trial testimony.
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Intellectual property, including technology standards boards and licensing authorities, antitrust/DOJ, technology development and transfer, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, trademark infringement/dilution, unfair competition/trade, false/deceptive advertising, Lanham Act, copyrights. Analyses of designs for Trade secrets miss-appropriation.
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Contracts negotiation, contract drafting/interpretation, and IP related clauses, licensing indemnification, business financial impact assessments, valuation & potential ROI. Georgia-Pacific factors analyses for determining reasonable royalty for plaintiff or defense. Willful infringement arguments. Goodwill damages. Class actions.
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Developing and analyzing Markman briefs, conduct prior art searches, and the analyses of patent file wrappers.
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Contracts, licenses, joint development agreements, statements of work.
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All areas of discovery and motion practice as well as trial and settlement procedures.
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Summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition & reply reports, briefs, claim charts.
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Analysis and assessment of industry trends - followed by working with product development activities, program managers, and cross-functional teams for new product innovation and to implement strategic design changes and the development of new products.
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Commercialization of innovations and intellectual property. Assessment of the engineering development/product development necessary and likelihood of innovations and/or patented inventions to become commercial products.
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Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications, U.S. applications, & international filings. Post-Grant Review, Inter Partes Review. Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and USPTO Office Action responses.
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Clarification of prior art in technical literature, publications,
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Specification and literature analysis of scientific and engineering patents.
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Product and technology analysis, patent portfolios, patentability research.
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Litigation support and technology education in patent disputes, claim charts, patent reexaminations, derivation proceedings, prior user rights.
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Technology Contracts, Freedom of Operation and Infringement Analyses. Technology Standards Groups and Licensing Authorities.
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All Aspects of Discovery and Disclosure Requirements, e-Discovery, Discovery Policy and Strategy. Document Production and Accurate/Consistent Response Preparation.
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Flesh out and convey the novel and innovative arguments for new technologies and inventions, and understand and convey technical similarities and differences for infringement analyses.
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Design Validation Plans and Reports, Failure Modes and Effects Analyses, product prove-out, design verification, reliability and durability analyses. Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, source code/algorithm methods/processes, computers, microprocessors, & automotive components & systems involving all aspects of intellectual property litigation. Safety systems, accident avoidance, telematics/telecommunications, mobile cellular information data transmission (transmitters/receivers), traffic/weather, communication protocols, radio optical satellite wireless mediums, GPS, navigation, monitoring/surveillance/security/tracking systems, camera/vision/optical systems, fleet management systems, Bluetooth, smartphones, truck/commercial/recreational vehicles, construction/excavation, electrical/electronic, diagnostics. Human machine interfaces/displays, diagnostics, warnings. Data/ storage/retrieval. Workplace safety.
Cases Include:
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Voxx v. Johnson Safety
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Mobileye v. iOnRoad
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Transtex v. Ridge
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Bradley et al v. Fontaine Trailer
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Joao Controls
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Bosch v. Autel
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Lucent/MPT v. Gateway MPEG proceedings
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KAR v. Ford
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Remy v. WAI et al (ITC)
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Speedguage v. Inthinc
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Tendler v. Onstar
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ATI v. Siemens et al
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Hagenbuch v. Toyota (IPR)
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Vehicle Interface Technologies v. Ford, Jaguar
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Freedom Motors v. Allegiant
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Dorman v. Paccar (Design Patents)
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Magna v. TRW
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Stragent v. Volvo