Articles about intellectual property litigation and technical expert witnesses.
By Michael Barr
Note: This article offers practical guidance for attorneys engaging technical experts. It is general commentary, not legal advice. Consult counsel about any specific matter.
By Michael Barr
Note: This article offers practical commentary for attorneys and engineers. It is general commentary, not legal advice. Consult counsel about any specific matter.
By Michael Barr
Note: This article offers practical guidance for attorneys engaging technical experts. It is general commentary, not legal advice. Consult counsel about any specific matter.
By Michael Barr
Note: This article offers practical guidance for attorneys and technologists working with reverse engineering in litigation. It is general commentary, not legal advice. The legality of any particular reverse engineering effort turns on the facts, the jurisdiction, and the governing agreements. Consult counsel about any specific matter.
By Michael Barr
Note: This article offers practical guidance for attorneys engaging technical experts. It is general commentary, not legal advice. Consult counsel about any specific matter.
By Michael Barr
Note: All information about specific litigation discussed in this article is drawn exclusively from publicly available court opinions, SEC filings, and published news reports.
By Michael Barr
Note: This article discusses a court decision based solely on publicly available reports and court filings. It is general commentary for technologists and litigators, not legal advice. Whether to use any AI tool on a given matter is a decision for counsel. Consult counsel about any specific situation.
By Michael Barr
Note: This article summarizes a public regulatory and court record. It is general commentary for engineers and litigators, not legal advice.
A human who makes a mistake makes it once. They fat-finger one wire transfer, send one email to the wrong person, delete one file. Then they notice, they wince, and they stop. Our whole intuition for risk is built on that pace: one mistake, one human, one moment, with a chance to catch it.
In software patent, source code, trade secret, and copyright litigation, the expert witness often decides whether a technical argument is believed. The right expert explains complex code to a judge and jury in plain language, holds up under cross examination, and survives a Daubert challenge. The wrong one can sink an otherwise strong case.