Toyota Unintended Acceleration: What the Software Really Did
By Michael Barr
Note: This article summarizes a public regulatory and court record. It is general commentary for engineers and litigators, not legal advice.
Articles about intellectual property litigation and technical expert witnesses.
To Err Is Human, To Err at Scale Is AI
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.
How to Choose a Software Expert Witness: A Quick Guide
In software patent, source code, trade secret, and copyright litigation, the software 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.
AI Agent Teams Finished My Sci-Fi Novel in 12 Hours
I collaborated with Claude Code's new AI agent teams feature to finish and publish my novel in under 24 hours. This is how I made that happen. The novel is called METACOMPILER. It's available for free download at Metacompiler.me and in paperback and Kindle at Amazon.com.
Payment Processing and e-Payments Fraud
In the ongoing and ever-evolving battle against fraud, payment processors have turned to cutting-edge technology, such as machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), as indispensable tools to fight fraud in payment transactions. This overview explores the interplay between technology, litigation challenges, and the critical role of qualified software expert witnesses in payment processing and fraud litigation.
Albert Einstein Expert Witness
As a reader of this blog you likely know that Albert Einstein was employed, early in his career, as a patent examiner in the Swiss Patent Office. But did you also know that he later served as a testifying expert witness in at least two patent litigations? In this month's blog we take a look at this interesting footnote to history.
Medical Device Litigation and FDA 510(k)
An overview of the U.S. FDA's 510(k) process for medical device approval and discusses its potential pitfalls with an eye toward collaborations between software experts and lawyers litigating the resulting medical device failures.
Personality Traits of the Best Expert Witnesses
It can be difficult to find an expert witness with the perfect experience in the specific technology at issue in your litigation. But beware not to just retain the first qualified technologist you find, as even a highly knowledgeable expert can come up short if they lack key personality traits.
U.S. District Court Source Code Review Rules
The U.S. District Court of Delaware's "Default Standard for Access to Source Code" follows many but not all recommended best practices for source code discovery. This month we consider potential areas for improvement in the default rules of this important venue for patent infringement and software copyright litigation.
Oracle v. Google Java API Copyright Dispute Nears End
The long-running court fight between Google and Oracle over Android's unlicensed use of Java API code is coming to a final battle at the Supreme Court. The importance of the final decision in this case to software developers cannot be understated.