Description: Evaluated three patents for alleged infringement. Prepared documentation regarding the definition of terms. Testified at a Markman Hearing in Federal Court. Prepared a pre-trial report for the court. The matter favorably settled for my client.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Antitrust Matter
Description: Prepared business and residential customer surveys for a government organization regarding antitrust behavior by a vendor with their IT tool. Directed the survey of 8000 residential customers and 4000 business customers in eight countries and the subsequent statistical analysis. The defendant settled shortly after the submission of the survey results.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Cable Television Expert Guidance
Description: Provided expert advice to an attorney in a cable TV matter.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Call Center Intellectual Property Evaluation
Description: Reviewed 44 ACD and Call Center patents and developed a claims matrix relative to competitors' products.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Call Center Intellectual Property Relevance Analysis
Description: Evaluated the call center patents of a major equipment vendor to determine their relevance to other technologies. This evaluation demonstrated the patents had relevance in telecommunications that was far beyond call centers. The vendor then pursued enforcing the patents in these new areas.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: MPLS Patent Defense
Description: Developed the defense strategy for a start up telecommunications equipment manufacturer when it was sued for multiple patent infringements by a major equipment vendor. The technologies involved included data network routing and routing protocols including MPLS. The work resulted in a highly favorable out of court settlement.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Networking Technology Briefing and Forecast
Description: Provided a comprehensive networking technology briefing and forecast to hedge fund analysts
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Call Center Product Development
Description: Provided an assessment of future call center applications and performance requirements to the executive management of a start up call center developer.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Network Management Level 1 Patent Review
Description: Performed a Level 1 review of 50 network management patents for a major telecommunications vendor and recommended a level 2 review for six of them.
Client: Confidential Client
Project: Network Management Level 2 Patent Review
Description: Performed a Level 2 review of six network management patents for a major telecommunications vendor.