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
Medical Device Software Standard of Care Expert Witness: Causes, Standards & Issues
What Medical Device Software is What is medical device software? And why would its “standard of care” be an important subject? In simple terms, medical device software is a component of, or an accessory to, a piece of electronics that interacts with the human body (see figure 1). “Standard of Care” is a key phrase in many areas of law and expert witnessing. In … [Read more...] about Medical Device Software Standard of Care Expert Witness: Causes, Standards & Issues