Network Communication and Mobile Wireless Expert Witness
Dr. Lavian is a network communications and telecommunications expert witness who provides litigation and technology support in patent litigation. He served as an expert in over 60 patent-related cases. Dr. Lavian wrote expert reports and testified in depositions, in courts and in front of a jury. He testified in Federal courts, in USPTO PTAB IPRs, and in the ITC.
Dr. Lavian was retained as an expert witness in cases involving leading companies, including Google, Amazon, Motorola, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Huawei, HP, T-Mobile, Ericsson, LG, Facebook, Samsung, and Apple.
As an experienced educator, he is able to simplify and explain complex technologies in a format that juries, judges, and lawyers can understand. He provides expert research, analysis, reporting, and testimony.
What He Offers
With his name on more than 120 issued and filed patents—over 60 prosecuted pro se in front of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)—Dr. Lavian boasts an insider’s grasp of patents touching on telecommunications, network communications, Internet protocols, mobile wireless, and Internet web technologies.
Offering litigation support on patent infringement and invalidity as well as technology education in patent disputes, he provides expert witness services that include:
- Testifying at Trial and by Deposition—to clarify complicated technical data so it’s accessible to judge, jury and legal counsel alike
- Testifying in International Trade Commission (ITC) trials —investigation, preparing expert reports, testifying in depositions trials.
- Investigating patent anticipation, obviousness, and subject matter eligibility—under 35 USC sections 101, 102 and 103)
- Writing Inter Partes Review (IPR) & Common Business Method (CBM) Reports and Rebuttals—plus expert declarations for Patent and Trademark Board (PTAB)
- Researching Patent Invalidity & Prior Art—by drawing on extensive academic and industry experience (and tapping sources as diverse as patent databases, technical periodicals and conference proceedings) to ensure prior art searches and invalidity assessments are both wide-ranging and exhaustive
- Researching challenges in patent claims—such as “indefiniteness” and “means-plus-function”—plus compiling claim charts
IP Litigation Highlights
Communication Networks Expert Witness
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports and a deposition regarding web reservation over Internet and database consistency covering multiple reservation instances
- Patent infringement reports and testimony in depositions and before a judge and jury concerning patents related to KVM switch architectures
- Inter Partes Review (IPR), Covered Business Method (CBM) review and claim construction reports plus testimony in depositions regarding network management patents
Mobile Wireless
Expert
- Research, analysis and draft of expert report (not yet filed with USPTO) on wireless technologies, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/n and MIMO
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) report and deposition on patents related to VoIP, cellphone short messages, and chat app
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) report on patents related to Wi-Fi tethering in broadband cellular data
- Prior art search and invalidity claim charts related to leading mobile wireless products and technologies
Routing and Switching Expertise
- Prior art research, invalidity claim charts and investigation concerning network communication, routing, and switching technologies
- Claim construction declaration for the defense on patents related to multi-protocol telecom routing optimization
- Invalidation expert reports for the USPTO’s PTAB plus testimony in depositions on patents related to router switching fabric architecture and Ethernet pseudo-wire VPN
- Analysis, claim terms, and Markman claim construction on patents governing multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) technology
Unified Communications Expertise
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports and testimony in depositions on patents related to VoIP, short message service (SMS) and chat app
- Prior art research and invalidation claim charts concerning iPhone, iPad, and other Apple mobile wireless products and technologies
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports for the USPTO’s PTAB plus testimony in depositions on patents governing telecommunications architecture, PSTN and VoIP
- Declaration regarding claim amendment on a video conference application program
- Investigation of patents and invalidation analysis of computer network protocol for multimedia application
Internet and Cloud Expert
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports and depositions regarding patents for telecommunications architecture, PSTN and VoIP
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) and Covered Business Method (CBM) review reports plus testimony in depositions on web services and Internet technologies patents
- Prior art research, invalidity claim charts and investigation concerning network communication, routing, and switching technologies
- Invalidation expert reports for the USPTO’s PTAB plus testimony in depositions on patents related to router switching fabric architecture and Ethernet pseudo-wire VPN
IP Litigation Highlights
Communication Networks Expert Witness
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports and a deposition regarding web reservation over Internet and database consistency covering multiple reservation instances
- Patent infringement reports and testimony in depositions and before a judge and jury concerning patents related to KVM switch architectures
- Inter Partes Review (IPR), Covered Business Method (CBM) review and claim construction reports plus testimony in depositions regarding network management patents
Mobile Wireless Expertise
- Research, analysis and draft of expert report (not yet filed with USPTO) on wireless technologies, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/n and MIMO
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) report and deposition on patents related to VoIP, cellphone short messages, and chat app
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) report on patents related to Wi-Fi tethering in broadband cellular data
- Prior art search and invalidity claim charts related to leading mobile wireless products and technologies
Routing and Switching Expertise
- Prior art research, invalidity claim charts and investigation concerning network communication, routing, and switching technologies
- Claim construction declaration for the defense on patents related to multi-protocol telecom routing optimization
- Invalidation expert reports for the USPTO’s PTAB plus testimony in depositions on patents related to router switching fabric architecture and Ethernet pseudo-wire VPN
- Analysis, claim terms, and Markman claim construction on patents governing multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) technology
Unified Communications Expertise
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports and testimony in depositions on patents related to VoIP, short message service (SMS) and chat app
- Prior art research and invalidation claim charts concerning iPhone, iPad, and other Apple mobile wireless products and technologies
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports for the USPTO’s PTAB plus testimony in depositions on patents governing telecommunications architecture, PSTN and VoIP
- Declaration regarding claim amendment on a video conference application program
- Investigation of patents and invalidation analysis of computer network protocol for multimedia application
Internet and Cloud Expert
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) reports and depositions regarding patents for telecommunications architecture, PSTN and VoIP
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) and Covered Business Method (CBM) review reports plus testimony in depositions on web services and Internet technologies patents
- Prior art research, invalidity claim charts and investigation concerning network communication, routing, and switching technologies
- Invalidation expert reports for the USPTO’s PTAB plus testimony in depositions on patents related to router switching fabric architecture and Ethernet pseudo-wire VPN
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