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.

• Development and Analysis of claim charts for Markman hearings, ITC cases, & federal cases, and Inter Partes reviews.

• Expert reports, depositions, hearing and trial testimony.

• 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.

• 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.

• Developing and analyzing Markman briefs, conduct prior art searches, and the analyses of patent file wrappers.  

• Contracts, licenses, joint development agreements, statements of work.

• All areas of discovery and motion practice as well as trial and settlement procedures. 

• Summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition & reply reports, briefs, claim charts.

• 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.

• 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.

• Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications, U.S. applications, & international filings. Post-Grant Review, Inter Partes Review.  Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and USPTO Office Action responses.

• Clarification of prior art in technical literature, publications,
  ​product specifications, and dissertations to analyze validity and obviousness.

• Specification and literature analysis of scientific and engineering patents.

• Product and technology analysis, patent portfolios, patentability research.

• Litigation support and technology education in patent disputes, claim charts, patent reexaminations, derivation proceedings, prior user rights.

• Technology Contracts, Freedom of Operation and Infringement Analyses. Technology Standards Groups and Licensing Authorities.

• All Aspects of Discovery and Disclosure Requirements, e-Discovery, Discovery Policy and Strategy. Document Production and Accurate/Consistent Response Preparation.

• 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.

• 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.