Frequently in patent litigation, the outcome hinges on the quality and quantity of prior art. Research into prior art is valuable in District Court cases, those before the International Trade Commission (ITC), and at the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (PTAB). Common sources of prior art for medical imaging and medical device patent experts When faced with a case … [Read more...] about Medical Imaging/Medical Device Patent Expert Witness: Prior art
Medical device software expert witness: effective source code review
Patent litigation – on both the plaintiff’s and defense sides – often requires detailed examination of source code. Determining whether a product infringes a patent is increasingly a question of software. Why is this, and what should a litigator look for in a source code review expert witness? A prescient article In 2011, Marc Andreessen, the main author of the original … [Read more...] about Medical device software expert witness: effective source code review
Medical device security expert witness: improving critical products
Medical devices -- engineering inventions to improve human health -- have more than a century of history, with the global medical device market size predicted to exceed $600 billion by 2025. Most products in this market share a common feature: network connectivity. Figure 1 shows a typical example: even something as mundane as a pump bristles with features allowing it to … [Read more...] about Medical device security expert witness: improving critical products
Machine learning/artificial intelligence expert witness: The Future is Here
What is Machine Learning? Machine Learning (ML) was once a technological “problem child” lurching through endless booms and busts. But now it has become the driving force behind several of the largest companies in the world. How did this happen, and how is it connected to the work of an expert witness? Machine learning has gone by several names since it was birthed from … [Read more...] about Machine learning/artificial intelligence expert witness: The Future is Here
Software Trade Secret Expert Witness: Protecting Code When a Patent Won’t Do
Patents, which are time-limited periods of exclusivity granted in return for disclosure of an invention, have contributed greatly to the expansion of technology in modern times. But sometimes seeking a patent either does not work, or is not in the best interest of the inventors or their company. Holding trade secrets (e.g., figure 1) incurs risk, as methods to … [Read more...] about Software Trade Secret Expert Witness: Protecting Code When a Patent Won’t Do