How to find, vet and defend an expert witness
Expert witnesses play a vital role in intellectual property lawsuits by providing specialized knowledge and testimony to help support a party's case. These individuals have a wealth of experience and expertise in their respective fields, and their testimony can be instrumental in convincing a judge or jury of the…
Mila Tsarova
Scientists make their observations, create hypotheses, test them and turn them into laws of physics that apply everywhere. Courts, on the other hand, seem to be doing things in reverse. Based on a set of laws, they hear the hypothesis, test them and then draw conclusions based on what has happened. The courts and…
Mikele Bicolli
Many of you may have seen Patexia’s announcement in Inside Counsel this September launching our Coalition Funding Initiative (CFI). We are now proud to announce that we are progressing with the next phase of our first case under the initiative. The case, filed by CryptoPeak Solutions, a non-practicing entity…
Zoe Bollinger
Market research and competitive analysis is a large industry in the US and globally with recent studies estimating its value at around $39B annually. The challenge with traditionally prepared market research reports is an inability to sufficiently customize the work while keeping the final product cost efficient for…
Pedram Sameni
Last week the White House shared its roadmap for strengthening the US patent system. Among the action items on its list was the exploration and implementation of a crowdsourcing system to help the USPTO review patent applications and find prior art (see below). Protecting American Inventors and Innovators - February…
Kyle Hoellger
What is crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing is not a unique invention of the internet era, but modern connectedness has helped it come into its own. It is the process of distributing a problem to a non-specific public body of participants who can contribute to a solution, typically by a single entity which collects and…
Daniel Porter
A literature survey is (should be!) the backbone of the thesis of any graduate student. The main purpose of a proper literature survey is to learn what has been done, find out what has not been done, and figure out what else can be done. In essence, without a proper literature survey, it is difficult to find the…
Mehrdad Fatourechi