Intellectual Property Expert Witnesses in California
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of intellectual property expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on intellectual property and related issues. Intellectual property expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these intellectual property expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Intellectual Property, Patent, Breach Of Contract, Lost Profits, Wrongful Termination, Damages, Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Licensing, Patents, Software, Alter Ego, Artificial Intelligence, Business Interruption, and Business Valuation.
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David Smith, MS, MBA, PE, CSP
Product and Equipment Safety, IP and Patent Expert
Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc.
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Patents, intellectual property, aerial lift, boom lift, scissor lift, manufacturing equipment, agricultural equipment, oil and gas equipment, refuse equipment, garbage trucks, trailers, conveyors, exercise equipment, safety, consumer products, chairs, seating, Forklift, thrill ride, zip line
Experienced mechanical engineer (MS, PE) and certified safety professional (CSP) with seven issued patents. Award winning inventor. President of Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc., a mechanical engineering consulting company with clients around the United States ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. Consulted on multiple products including: forklifts, conveyors, aerial lifts, garbage trucks, trailers, exercise equipment, seating and manufacturing equipment.
Graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Completed a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in product development. Licensed professional engineer (PE) and a certified safety professional in comprehensive practice (CSP). Certified operator and trainer for forklifts, powered industrial trucks, boom lifts, scissor lifts, MEWPS, rough terrain forklifts. Approaching 20 years experience in product development, patents, safe equipment desi...
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Thomas M. Neches, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFE, CFF
Thomas Neches & Co., LLP
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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CPA expert witness, forensic accounting, damages, business valuation, lost profits, reasonable royalty, alter ego, intellectual property, wrongful termination, wrongful death, breach of contract, lender liability, banking, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail, securities, wholesale
Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation.
Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA.
Mr. Neches has testified to juries on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, lender liability, personal injury and wrongful termination cases. Examples of the litigation issues he has addressed include lost profits, lost business value, determining a reasonable royalty and piercing the corporate veil. Representativ...
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Peter Crosby
>45 years experience in medical devices & patents
Biomedical Business Resources, LLC
Aliso Viejo, California
Biomedical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Medical devices, commercially reasonable efforts, patent, intellectual property, product liability, corporate governance, licensing, strategy, inter partes review, misappropriation of trade secrets, ITC, IPR, ITC, fiduciary duty, pacemaker, defibrillator, neurostimulator, biomedical engineering
Peter Crosby is a biomedical engineer with over 45 years experience in the medical device industry, and has served as CEO of six medical device companies, public and private, in 4 countries. He has served as a member of the Board of 13 companies, and is currently serving as a member of the Board of three companies. He has brought many medical devices from concept to market release, through R&D, clinical trials, regulatory approval (FDA and CE Mark) and market launch.
He is an inventor of over 50 issued US patents and applications and foreign equivalents. He has served as an expert in multiple patent cases - infringement, ownership, validity, IPR and ITC.
His clinical domain and specialty experience includes otolaryngology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, anesthesia, pain management, radiology and diagnostic imaging, in vitro diagnostic devices, orthopedic surgery devices, and oncology.
His product experience includes cochlear implants, diagnostic ultrasound, mammography, implantable...
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Jason A Engel, CPA, CFE, CIRA, CVA, MAFF, ABV
Engel & Engel, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Fraud Investigations, Tracing of Funds, Economic Damages, Alter Ego, Fraudulent Transfers, Business Appraisal & Valuation, Economics, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Employment Litigation, Business Interruption
Engel & Engel, LLP is a Los Angeles CPA firm engaged in the practice of forensic accounting for over 25 years. Mr. Engel has served as an expert witness in over 500 forensic accounting cases including expert testimony in connection with a jury award of $2.3 billion.
Mr. Engel has authored 20 research publications on the subjects of economic damages, fraudulent transfers, intellectual property, alter ego, business valuation, and employment damages.
Mr. Engel's professional credentials include those of Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV).
Mr. Engel has been engaged in the practice of forensic accounting and expert testimony for forty years including forensic experience at two of the Big 4 accounting firms. Mr. Engel has testified in federal courts, bankruptcy courts, state ...
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Kevin Gunderson
Genomics/DNA and Single Cell/Spatial Expert
BlueBarn Bio LLC
Encinitas, California
DNA, Intellectual Property
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Genomics, Methylation, DNA Enzymology, Nanopatterning, SNP Genotyping, Proteomics, Single Cell Biology, DNA Arrays, DNA Storage, Infinium Assays, Assay Development, Spatial Biology, Bead Arrays, Protein Engineering, Targeted Enrichment, Next-Gen Sequencing, Epigenomics, DNA encoding / decoding, Cell Phenotyping, Digital PCR
Dr. Kevin L. Gunderson is a biotechnology expert and consultant specializing in genomics, proteomics, single cell/spatial biology, and the underlying assay chemistries used in modern sequencing and molecular measurement platforms. He brings 30+ years of hands-on technology development experience, 50+ peer-reviewed publications, and 70+ patents/patent applications spanning genomic and proteomic assays, DNA sequencing, methylation, single cell analysis, surface chemistry, and nanofabrication.
He was a founding scientist at Illumina and later served as Senior Director of Advanced Research, leading teams and programs that produced foundational innovations in genotyping and sequencing—including the Infinium platform (Illumina’s first billion-dollar product line), methylation and FFPE methods, targeted NGS enrichment, linked-read approaches, single-cell combinatorial indexing, and NGS-based patterned flowcell/ExAmp advances.
Dr. Gunderson also co-founded Encodia and served as CTO, where ...
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David K Golbahar, CPA, CFF, CGMA
High Stakes Disputes and Investigations
Golbahar Consulting Group
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Partnership disputes, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, Employment, Wrongful termination, Business litigation, Lost profits, Business valuation, Unjust enrichment, Fraud, White collar criminal defense, Intellectual property, Bankruptcy, Forensic accounting, Breach of contract, Disputes, Royalty audit
ECONOMIC DAMAGES | FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS | FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
David Golbahar, CPA/CFF, CGMA, is an award-winning forensic accountant and expert witness based in Los Angeles, California, serving attorneys and clients statewide and nationwide. He is the Managing Director of Golbahar Consulting Group, A.C., a boutique forensic accounting and litigation consulting firm focused on disputes and investigations.
Mr. Golbahar has nearly two decades of experience in financial forensics, economic damages, and fraud investigations. He has been retained in numerous complex matters involving privately held businesses, professional practices, and high-net-worth individuals. He has been engaged in cases involving lost profits, business interruption, partnership and shareholder disputes, marital dissolution, solvency analyses, tracing of misappropriated funds, and allegations of financial misconduct.
His practice emphasizes clear, defensible expert analysis for trial, arbitration, and mediation....
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Ryan McKamie, CISSP
Cybersecurity Expert Witness and Consultant
Certus Cybersecurity Solutions LLC
Redwood City, California
Cybersecurity, Intellectual Property
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Cybersecurity, Information Security, Trade Secret, Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity Standards, Cybersecurity Controls, Software Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, Data Breach, Computers, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Incident Response
Ryan McKamie is CEO of Certus Cybersecurity, a provider of cybersecurity services. Ryan has extensive experience as a testifying expert in federal trade secret litigation and has been retained by multiple Am Law 100 firms. Ryan can assist attorneys in the following areas:
Intellectual Property (IP) and Trade Secret Misappropriation – Cybersecurity analysis, consulting and expert testimony in intellectual property litigation related to misappropriation of alleged trade secrets, including analysis and opinion of cybersecurity reasonable measures for alleged trade secrets.
Cyber-Related Insurance and Contract Disputes – Analysis, consulting and expert testimony in cybersecurity-related insurance and contractual litigation, including analysis and opinion on whether specific security standards were maintained.
Cybersecurity Consulting and Expert Testimony – Analysis, consulting and expert testimony in business litigation concerning data privacy, forensics and cybersecurity issues. Pr...
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David Schaafsma, PhD
Medical Diagnostics, Optics, Networks
California Optical Engineering, Inc.
Fallbrook, California
Medical Devices, Intellectual Property
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optics, electronics, software, medical device, diagnostics, medtech, biotech, optical networks, physics, optical materials, intellectual property
My company provides engineering consulting and product development services across the spectrum of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and large firms, as well as expert services. We are a network of skilled professionals with backgrounds including all engineering disciplines, science, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and a wide range of others. We specialize in projects involving optics, electronics, software, and various aspects of materials physics, but have made happy customers in a broad range of endeavors.
As of 2025, I have served as an expert on more than 30 matters, have been deposed over 12 times, and have testified in District and Superior Court, as well as the ITC. My primary focus has been in intellectual property, but I have experience in personal injury and product liability cases as well. I was also an adjunct professor of Applied Physics at Cal State San Marcos for over 16 years, teaching electronics, optics, embedded programming, and physics. I have worked i...
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David G. Campbell, PhD
Economic Damages, Antitrust, and Stat. Sampling
Wicomico Analytics Group LLC
California
Economics, Statistics
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Damages, Antitrust, Statistical Sampling, Class Certification, Healthcare, Health Insurance, Medicare Fraud, Intellectual Property, Patent, Insurance Coverage, Securities Fraud, Environmental Disputes
David is a versatile economist who has worked in private consulting for 25+ years. He served in government as Chief Economist at the Federal Maritime Commision. He has been an Economics professor at several Southern California colleges, where he taught economic theory, econometrics, statistics, and finance. For several years he led an Antitrust Seminar in the joint Law School/Business School program at Pepperdine.
David's research is well-cited; his article on Productivity Dynamics has over 1750 citations on Google Scholar.
David has been retained as an economic and statistical expert in litigation matters in both U.S. District courts and state courts. He has opined in antitrust, medicare fraud, environmental, and intellectual property matters.
In addition to his expert witness testimony, David has consulted for a wide variety of corporate and government clients. Notably, he served as chief statistician for the first-ever audit of the US Navy.
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Weston Anson, MBA
CONSOR
San Diego, California
Intellectual Property, Appraisal & Valuation
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Intellectual Assets, Trademarks, Patents, Copyright Licensing, Valuations, Branding, Licensing, Intellectual Property Valuation, Consumer Goods Valuation
Mr. Anson is a world renowned IP expert with testifying experience in the United Kingdom, Europe, and in state, federal, tax, bankruptcy and probate courts in the US; as well as in arbitration and mediation. In trial testimony, multiple depositions, and numerous rule 26 reports, his expertise has been established and reaffirmed. Litigation clients include roughly half of the largest 100 US law firms.
Notable cases range from the largest trademark jury award in history to adidas of $304.6 million, to the successful litigation of Woody Allen vs. American Apparel: a $5 million settlement in a right of privacy and
publicity case, as well as Upaid Systems: a $70 million settlement in computer / telecom patent case. In addition Mr. Anson has been involved in other famous cases, such as the landmark Jesse Ventura case in which the
eighth circuit court of appeals noted “Anson's qualifications are quite impressive, and certainly more so than those of some experts whose testimony this co...
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Doug Bania
IP Valuation & Damages Defamation Damages
Nevium Intellectual Property Consultants
San Diego, California
Intellectual Property, Appraisal & Valuation
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Defamation Damages, IP Valuation, Intellectual Property Damages, IP Damages, Licensing, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Right of Publicity, Publicity Rights, Economics, Website Valuation, Licensing Customs & Practices, Google Analytics, Social media analysis, social media valuation, Reputational Repair, Reputational Damages
Doug Bania is the founding principal of Nevium Intellectual Property Consultants. Nevium specializes in:
IP Valuation - Valuation and financial analysis of patents, copyrights, trademarks, internet & social assets, brands, publicity rights, intangible assets and business enterprises.
IP Damages Experts - Expert testimony and damages opinions for IP infringement, defamation, licensing, marketing, business interruption and civil litigation.
IP Strategic Advisors - Strategic services to leverage IP assets and connect IP to financial performance.
Infringement Investigation - Analysis of IP infringement on websites, Google Ads, social media, SEO and online advertising.
Defamation Investigation - Quantify how viral defamatory statements spread on traditional and social media.
Reputational Damages - Quantify the cost of a reputational repair program.
Mr. Bania has been the named expert for approximately 130 cases, deposed 38 times and has provided trial testimony 10 times.
Mr. Ban...
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David Andreone
Where Psychology & the Entertainment Industry Meet
Culver City, California
Music & Entertainment, Psychology
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psychotherapy, music, film, entertainment, creative, technology, minor, therapy, depression, anxiety, artist, record label, music publishing, artist management, royalty, intellectual property, psychotherapist, addiction, trauma, mental health
David Andreone is a psychotherapist and entertainment industry executive whose career bridges the worlds of creativity and mental health. With a rare combination of clinical training and decades of frontline experience in the entertainment industry, he brings a uniquely integrated perspective to understanding and supporting the people behind creative work.
Andreone is the founder of ArtistServices Therapy, a mental health practice dedicated to artists, creatives, and creative executives. His work as a psychotherapist is grounded in evidence-based clinical methods and a deep familiarity with the realities of life in the entertainment business. Having spent years working alongside artists and executives, he understands the pressures that define creative careers—unpredictable income, public scrutiny, identity challenges, and the constant demand for output in a highly competitive environment.
At ArtistServices Therapy, Andreone works with artists, writers, directors, producers, actors...
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David Chapman
Electronic Design Automation/Semiconductor Expert
San Jose, California
Intellectual Property, Electronics
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Software, Electronic Design Automation, EDA, Semiconductor, GDS, GDSII, OASIS
David Chapman is an experienced software developer who has written over 1,300,000 lines of code in C/C++ and other languages. He has written software for many areas of semiconductor electronic design automation: mask data preparation, design rule checking, circuit extraction, circuit delay characterization, logic synthesis, physical synthesis, placement, routing, Intellectual Property identification, and transistor level layout generation.
He has over 20 years of consulting experience and was the chair of the Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley in 2018-2019. He has 12 U.S. patents granted.
His expert witness work to date has focused on discovery/analysis of semiconductor layouts (GDS/GDSII, OASIS), especially for patent infringement. His sharp eyes plus his understanding of semiconductor processing and design tools mean that if it's there, he can find it.
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Joel Delman
Design Patent and Trade Dress Expert Witness
Informed Innovation Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Industrial Design, Intellectual Property
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Design, Design Patent Infringement, Design Patent Validity, Utility Patent Infringement, Utility Patent Validity, Patent Litigation, Trade Dress Infringement, Trade Dress, Secondary Meaning, Functionality, Likelihood of Confusion, Product Design, Industrial Design, Trademark Infringement, Trademark, Patent
Formerly a corporate lawyer, I graduated Harvard Law School and later earned a Master's in Industrial Design at Pratt Institute. From toys to complex medical devices, I've spent over 30 years guiding innovation through strategic product development, and have helped hundreds of clients bridge the elusive gap between creative insight and commercial success.
As design consultant to a broad range of markets and industries, I keep my finger on the pulse of critical trends in consumer electronics, medical devices, transportation, IOT, toys, and a host of other product categories. With clients including LG Electronics, Swingline, Kimberly Clark, Olympus, Qualcomm, Novartis, Fisher Price, Blackberry, Dell, Intel, Disney and Hallmark, I bring that foundation of understanding to my work as design expert witness, and it has proven invaluable to developing effective litigation strategies and legal arguments.
Designers think in such a unique way that it's been coined “Design Thinking,” while l...
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Joshua Weiner, NABCEP
Solar Expert: Construction, Technology, & Policy
SepiSolar, Inc
Menlo Park, California
Energy, Construction Engineering
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Solar, PV, Photovoltaics, Energy, Batteries, Construction, Electric Utility, Intellectual Property, Patent, Project Development, Electrical Engineering, Asset Management, Contracts, Electricity, Generation, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solar Installation
Professional Expertise:
As a solar expert witness, Weiner brings knowledge of policy, technology, sales contracts, project finance, permits and entitlements, project development and construction, engineering and project management, data acquisition and analysis that commonly apply to renewable energy and energy storage projects.
Specific areas of expertise, listed below, include solar energy and related technologies, markets, policy, project finance, project development, project planning and execution, project management, codes and standards, and ongoing asset management, performance, diagnostics, and maintenance.
Weiner is adept at unpacking complex topics into simple language that all parties can understand.
Since 2007, Weiner is a certified member of the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) in good standing. Weiner has also taught advanced solar system design and project management at UC Berkeley.
Areas of Expertise:
Energy Technologies
Solar
Bat...
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Iman Sadeghi, Ph.D.
Principal Software & Technology Expert Witness
Quandary Peak Research
Los Angeles, California
Software Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Computer Graphics, AI/ML, Machine Learning, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Image Processing, System Architecture, Distributed Systems, Cryptography, Rasterization, Visualization, 3D Modeling, 3D Animation, Patent Infringement, Copyright, Trade Secret Misappropriation, Breach-of-Contract
Dr. Iman Sadeghi is an award-winning computer scientist and software engineer, holding both a master’s and a doctoral degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. His illustrious career includes roles at tech giants such as Google, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Lucasfilm. These valuable experiences have enriched his expertise across various aspects of computer science and software engineering disciplines.
Currently, Dr. Sadeghi serves as a Principal Software & Technology Consultant at Quandary Peak Research, where he provides critical analysis in legal contexts. He provides deposition/trial testimony, reports, and declarations in the fields of computer graphics, 3D rendering and animation, 3D geometry processing, software engineering, system architecture, algorithms, and data structures. Dr. Sadeghi also conducts thorough source code analysis for software litigation. His work primarily addresses issues related to patent infringement, trade secret mi...
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Jamie Klopp
Transportation Design: Automotive and Aircraft
Klopp US LLC
Encinitas, California
Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace
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Automotive Design, Car Design, Aircraft Design, Product Design, Human Factors, Ergonomics, Styling, Interface, Intellectual Property, Patent, Manufacturing, Engineering, FAA, FMVSS, Interior, Exterior, Seats, Utility Patent, Design Patent, Design Process
Jamie Klopp owns and operates Klopp US LLC, an Automotive, Aircraft, and Product Design Expert Witness service. In addition to expert work, Mr. Klopp is an active design professional working in automotive and aerospace product development. Mr. Klopp holds broad design expertise with specific focus on Passenger Automotive Vehicles and Part 23 Fixed-Wing Aircraft and Part 27 Rotorcraft.
Jamie Klopp provides litigation graphics services that complement his expert witness work in automotive, aircraft, and product design. He creates 3D animations and renderings for intellectual property cases, including technology tutorials and patent disputes, as well as manufacturing processes, industrial systems, and technical subjects. His work includes visualizations of product defects, engineering failures, design processes, and human factors issues. He also produces 2D trial graphics such as diagrams illustrating design elements, patent claims, manufacturing sequences, and engineering specificati...
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Walter Sujansky, MD, PhD
MD and Health IT Expert - MedMal and IP experience
Sujansky & Associates, LLC
Woodside, California
Health Informatics, Software Engineering
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Electronic Health Records, EHR, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Interoperability, Health Information Exchange, Health Data Exchange, Internet, Database, Medical Apps, User Interface, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, Probability, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence
- A health I.T. expert with a medical degree, medical informatics doctorate, and 20 years of research and development experience in industry.
- Adjunct faculty member at Stanford Medical School in the Division of Computational Medicine.
- Extensive experience with Electronic Health Records (including audit logs), disease registries, billing/claims system, artificial intelligence, and related technologies
- Has consulted as an expert witness on 27 cases since 2011, with 4 depositions and 2 trial appearances since 2019.
- A track record of innovation in EHR product development, as well as consulting to health I.T. firms, healthcare provider organizations, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and litigators in intellectual property and medical malpractice cases.
- Published author and experienced speaker.
- Interests and skills include EHRs, clinical data modeling and standards, software engineering, clinical decision support, interoperability, health information exch...
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Randy L Phares
Dr. Box Consulting, Inc.
California
Products Liability, Transportation
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packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics
Randy Phares is an expert in packaging, distribution, transportation and manufacturing, especially corrugated and folding carton packaging. He is also an expert on pallets, crating, warehousing and transporting products by semi-truck. He does forensic analysis of packaging failures that caused damage or injury. He has bought, sold operated, supervised, removed and installed packaging machinery. He has managed many warehouses and a fleet of trucks. He has run a packaging testing lab and held almost every job in a packaging operation over his 30+ year career. He has completed Expert Reports on packaging failure, load securement, freight transportation, intellectual property, crating, packaging design, Lean Manufacturing, intellectual property and pallets. He has given Depositions, testified at Trial and consulted with attorneys in a variety of cases. He is an esteemed consultant in the packaging field and has done consulting projects all over the world. He was a Regional Safety Champi...
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Alan F Cote
Bicycle engineer: design, operation, patent, races
Velo Analysis Consulting
Williston, California
Bicycles, Intellectual Property
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bicycles, bicycle engineering, bicycle design, bicycle accidents, bicycle crashes, bicycle design, ebikes, bicycle races, patents, bicycle patents
Located in Vermont, Alan Cote has a diverse range of expertise in the area of bicycles. He has been retained on more than 50 cases involving bicycle crashes, including: analysis of product failures; bicycle assembly, repair & design; bicycle engineering; patent/trademark matters; races & bicycle related events; and more. He has written about bicycles for more than 25 years for leading publications such as Bicycling, Outside, & other titles; worked as a product developer/engineer; is past elite-level competitor & national championship medalist; race director of national-level cycling events; and holds four patents for bicycle-related technology. BS, Mechanical Engineering.
He has served as an expert witness in more than 50 bicycle-related lawsuits in the past 15 years, both for plaintiff and defense. He has been retained by counsel for industry-leading companies including Garmin, Campagnolo, USA Cycling, and others; by insurance companies including Nationwide, Cincinnati Insuranc...
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Larry Steven Londre, MBA
Marketing, Business Practices & Advertising Expert
Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC / USC / Loyola Law School/ Pepperdine/ California State University, Northridge
Los Angeles, California
Marketing, Advertising
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Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Ads, Promotion, Misleading Advertising, Deceptive Ads, Unfair Advertising, Business Practices, Intellectual Property, Patents, Deceptive Promotion, Trade dress, Unfair Competition, Breach of contract, Partners, Copyrights, Forensic Marketing, Social media, Distribution
Senior Marketing & Advertising Professional. Marketing Analyst.
Marketing & Business Problem Solver in Objectives, Strategies and Tactics.
Battle-tested, deposition-tested. 22+ years as Marketing and Advertising expert.
Cases: Marketing; Advertising; Ads; breach of contract; business strategies, practices; business and professions code compliance and violations; unfair competition, contracts, sponsorships; deceptive, false advertising; media; intellectual property; patents; usage of models; advertising agencies; trade secrets; partner business practices; unfair advertising; deceptive advertising; violations of Lanham Act; unjust enrichment; trademarks at issue; comparative advertising/promotion; licensing; packaging; the value of advertising and media campaigns.
I have been deposed, testified in court and arbitration: 57 times.
Cases have included contracts between partners, directors, advertising agencies, clients, advertisers, suppliers, distributors, production firms an...
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T.Kim Parnell, PhD, PE
Intellectual Property, Failure, Medical Device
Parnell Expert Consulting
Sunnyvale, California
Medical Devices, Intellectual Property
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Mechanical Engineering, Equipment & Machinery, Medical Device, Nitinol, Biomedical, Patent, IP, Consumer Products, Failure Analysis, Fracture, Fatigue, Truck Rollover, Crashworthiness, Finite Element, FEA, Reliability, Cell Phone, IVC, Composite Material, Piping
T.Kim Parnell, PhD, PE is President of Parnell Engineering & Consulting. Dr.Parnell holds PhD and MSME degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, a BES from Georgia Tech, and is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE) in the State of California. Dr.Parnell is an ASME Fellow, an IEEE Life Senior Member, and a Member of NAFEMS, SAMPE, ASMI and SAE. Parnell is Past-Chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section (IEEE-SCV) (over 13,000 members) and Past-Chair/Board Member of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley (IEEE-CNSV). Vice-President of Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC-ca.org)
Dr.Parnell is an experienced Expert Witness, has provided testimony in both trial and deposition, and has authored numerous expert reports, ITC and IPR declarations. He has worked extensively as an expert in medical devices, patents, product failure, product liability, and personal injury.
Dr.Parnell has been retained in medical device litigation cases that ...
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Sidney P Blum, CPA, CFE, CFF, CPEA
Economic Damages-IP Contracts Licensing, Royalties
ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTIES, LICENSING, BUSINESS DAMAGES
Los Angeles and San Francisco, California
Business Damages, Intellectual Property
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Damages, Economic Damage, Accounting, Intellectual Property, DMCA, Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Royalty Audit, Fraud, False Advertising, Valuation, Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Employment Law, Brands, Complex Business Litigation, Personal Injury, Lost Profits, Unjust Enrichment
ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTY AUDIT, LICENSING & BREACH OF CONTRACT EXPERT
When the expert truly matters, retain an expert trusted by juries, judges, and leading litigators.
Sidney Blum is a nationally recognized forensic accounting and economic damages expert specializing in intellectual property, licensing, royalty disputes, breach of contract, fraud, and complex commercial litigation. His more than 30 years of experience includes leadership roles at KPMG, Ernst & Young, and industry positions including Chief Audit Officer of Beats Electronics.
Mr. Blum has been the retained expert in more than 160 matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, false advertising, trade secrets, royalty audits, DMCA claims, licensing disputes, fraud, class actions, entertainment accounting, and complex breach of contract matters. His damages analyses are frequently adopted over opposing experts in high-stakes litigation and arbitration.
Representative matters include:
- Leading expert in r...
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Jeffrey T Gotro, PhD
InnoCentrix, LLC
Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Chemistry & Chemicals, Intellectual Property
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Patent Infringement, Inter Partes Review, Polymers & Plastics, Composites, Adhesives and Coatings, Rheology And Flow, Polymers Used In Electronic Applications, Polymer Materials Selection, Polymer Product Liability, Thermoset Polymers, polymer Processing, Epoxy Chemistry, Polymer Characterization
Dr. Jeffrey Gotro is an expert in polymers/plastics with over 30 years’ experience. His expertise spans polymer chemistry and physics, along with deep knowledge of polymer characterization. Expert in polymers used in electronic applications such as adhesives, coatings and laminates. Experience with polymer composites, highly filled compositions (fiberglass and fillers). Specialist in thermosetting polymers, epoxy, curing, processing, and process analysis. Expert in polymer/plastics characterization including multiple thermal analysis methods, mechanical property measurements, rheological (flow) measurements, and polymer processing such as dispensing, coating, lamination, and molding. Extensive experience in new product development and the product development process. Experience in manufacturing process development, process characterization, and defect analysis. Dr. Gotro has experience in intellectual property evaluations, patent infringement litigation and inter partes revie...
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Arthur M. Keller, PhD
Minerva Consulting
Palo Alto, California
Intellectual Property, Internet
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Computers, Information Technology, Databases, Electronic Commerce, Software, Distributed Systems, Plaintiff, Defense
Researcher and Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz, Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, Lecturer and Systems Programmer, Brooklyn College. Chief Technical Advisor and Board Member, Persistence Software (went public in 1999), Founder, COO, and CFO, Mergent Systems (acquired by CommerceOne in 2000).
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Barbara C. Luna, PhD, CPA, CFE, ASA, CVA, ABV, CFF, MAFF, CGREA, CREA, CMC
Damages
White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, & Hunt, LLP
Sherman Oaks, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Damages, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Value of Businesses and Real Estate, Fraud. Extensive Expert Testimony in breach of contract, business interruption, dissolutions, intellectual property, construction, fraud, securities, personal injury, wrongful termination matters
Barbara Luna is a Senior Partner in the accounting and litigation services firm of White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt. She has served as a forensic accounting, damages and valuation expert witness for over forty years in business and personal injury litigation and bankruptcy matters. She analyzes financial, accounting, economic, business, real estate and valuation issues relating to liability and damages in litigation matters and reorganization of businesses. She has testified on numerous occasions in U.S. District Court, Superior Court, Bankruptcy Court, arbitrations and depositions.
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Lucas Carden, PhD
Testifying Consumer Survey Expert
Los Angeles, California
Marketing, Advertising
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Survey research, Intellectual property, Lanham Act, Trademark infringement, Trade dress infringement, Likelihood of confusion, False advertising, Deceptive advertising, Secondary meaning, Genericness, Dilution
Lucas Carden, Ph.D., is a research scientist and managing partner at FocusMark LLC and serves as a testifying survey expert on matters related to trademark and trade dress infringement and false and deceptive advertising. He has over a decade of experience designing, executing, and evaluating consumer surveys for complex litigation matters, corporate market research, and academic research.
Dr. Carden has been retained as a survey expert in multiple litigation matters before United States District Courts. He has experience supporting other litigation survey experts, as well as conducting survey research and preparing rebuttal critiques in disputes regarding likelihood of confusion, secondary meaning, genericness, false and deceptive advertising, materiality, and patent valuation. His litigation experience includes matters before federal and state courts, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and the National Advertising Division (NAD).
Beyond litigation, Dr. Carden has con...
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Christopher M Daft, PhD
Patents, Trade Secrets and Medical Devices
River Sonic Solutions, LLC
San Francisco, California
Intellectual Property, Medical Devices
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Imaging, Patent, Ultrasound, Electronics, Transducer, ASIC, MEMS, FDA, Signal Processing, Neuromodulation, Regulatory, Integrated Circuit, Semiconductors, Biometric Security, Wearable Biometrics, Tomography, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Wearable Medical Device, Product Liability
Award winning, Oxford Educated scientist whose areas of expertise include medical imaging, electronics, semiconductors, medical devices, sensors, MEMS, signal processing and image processing.
- 5 trial testimonies and 15 depositions.
- Litigation experience includes district court, ITC and PTAB matters.
- Extensive Intellectual Property experience including patent development, analysis, licensing, and litigation.
- Serial inventor holding 27 U.S. Patents with 20 applications pending.
- Diverse industry experience including multi-nationals such as GE, Medtronic, Fujifilm, Samsung and Siemens as well as several start-ups.
- Well published.
- Winner of grants from National Institute of Health and DARPA.
- Extensive international consulting experience.
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Senior Member since 2004.
- Three years’ experience teaching electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois.
Holds BA and MA in Physics from...
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Erik Laykin
World's Top 50 Leading Digital Forensics Expert
Global Data Risk LLC
Los Angeles, California
Intellectual Property, Digital Forensics
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Corporate Espionage, Information Technology, Geopolitical Risk, Financial Services Risk, eDiscovery, Cyber Crime, Trade Secret Theft
Erik Laykin is the CEO and Managing Partner of Global Data Risk LLC (GDR) Mr. Laykin manages complex investigations and disputes in a wide variety of industries including financial services, technology and international trade on behalf of litigants, corporations and government agencies. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on Trade Secret theft and investigations and has had over 100 expert witness appointments.
Mr. Laykin serves as an expert witness, investigator, Special Master and Independent Neutral to Federal and State courts in cases involving intellectual property, cyber crime, information technology failures, geopolitical risk, financial services risk, valuations, eDiscovery, corporate espionage and other complex disputes which arise from the usage of digital data, computers, software, networks and the Internet. Through his ability to distill and simplify a broad range of technology concepts and issues, his clients have successfully resolved the...
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David Goldenberg, MD, MSHS
Gastroenterology Physician - Stanford Faculty
Palo Alto, California
Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
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Colonoscopy, intellectual property, gastrointestinal bleeding, Ulcer, Constipation, Diarrhea, PEG tube, Clostridium difficile, fecal microbiota transplant, EGD, colitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, brain-gut interaction, posttraumatic abdominal symptoms, Endoscopy, irritable bowel syndrome, IBD
I direct the general gastroenterology group of physicians as an assistant clinical professor at Stanford University, and I have a full-time clinical practice in gastroenterology. Additionally, I teach medical students, residents, fellows, and other gastroenterologists. I have performed thousands of endoscopic procedures. In addition to teaching, clinical, and leadership work, I am a Biodesign Faculty Fellow at Stanford University and have experience with medical innovation and several patents. I completed my fellowship and master's degree at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, residency at Tufts University, and medical school at Dartmouth College.
I completed formal expert witness training with SEAK.
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