Consumer Electronics Expert Witnesses

Consumer Technology Products

Barr Group is in the business of designing reliable and secure computers and we have software engineers with hands-on experience designing consumer electronics such as:​

• Smart TVs and smart speakers from Google, Amazon, and Apple
• Set-top boxes for cable and satellite television
• Digital Video Recording (DVR) technology such as TiVo
• Gaming consoles like Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo
• iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, including Samsung Galaxy
• Video games for consoles and mobile phones, PCs, and browsers
• Personal computers and laptops from Dell, Lenovo, Apple, Google, etc.
• Peripheral devices from Bluetooth headsets to MIDI music instruments
• Printers and scanners including multi-function copiers and 3-D printers
• Unmanned aerial drones as well as other digital cameras
• Smart watches, fitness trackers, and heart-rate monitors
• Smart home appliances and other products with software inside

Barr Group's software experts are familiar with all of the major technologies used to design consumer electronics products including the Windows, Android, iOS, and Linux operating systems and programming languages, such as assembly, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, and Java. And we are equally comfortable reviewing electronic circuits and schematic drawings. For disputes centered on the hardware itself, our electronics expert witnesses cover circuit, IC, and FPGA design.

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Expert Witness Services

Barr Group's consumer electronics experts support plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in U.S. District Courts, at the International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our services include:

• Technical assistance with drafting of discovery requests
• Software source code review and analysis
• Source code comparisons for copyright and trade secret theft
• Prior art review for patent invalidity
• Analysis of electronics and related design documents
• Reverse engineering, including disassembly of binary code
• Forensic analysis, including electronic data recovery
• Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
• Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials

Barr Group has a demonstrated ability to quickly activate one or more code experts to match the size, scope, and complexity of any project.

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The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:

Who are Barr Group's Consumer Electronics expert witnesses?

Barr Group's Consumer Electronics expert witness roster holds 97 anonymized, prequalified profiles; a selection follows, and matched recommendations from the full roster are free to the attorney.

• Embedded Software Design Expert Witness. Barr Group's embedded software expert witness has more than twenty-five years of software industry experience and has testified more than twenty times before judges and juries in U.S. and Canadian courts.
• Secure Computer Systems Expert Witness. Barr Group's embedded electronics and software expert witness has extensive product development and computer security experience and has testified in automotive product liability, software forensics, and source code intellectual property cases.
• Laser Printer Engines Expert Witness. Barr Group's software, firmware, and electronics design and testing expert witness has over thirty years of professional experience, is a named inventor on a dozen issued U.S. patents, and has testified as an expert witness in several litigations.
• Graphical User Interface and Usability Expert Witness. Barr Group's human factors and usability engineering expert witness has 44 years of experience in graphical user interface design and product ergonomics and has testified in over 75 major intellectual property cases.
• Virtual Reality Worlds & Gaming Expert Witness. Barr Group's computer graphics and video game expert witness has over forty years of experience designing software and electronics, including virtual worlds and simulation environments, and has testified as an expert witness.
• Electronic Casino Games Expert Witness. Barr Group's electronic gaming device expert witness has over thirty years of experience in regulatory-compliance testing and evaluation of electronic devices and has been qualified to testify as an expert witness in a variety of venues.
• Mobile & Wireless Networks Expert Witness. Barr Group's wireless communication systems and mobile networks expert witness has testified on wireless and wireline communications technologies and standards, assessing patent portfolios, standards essential patents, and infringement and validity opinions.
• Penetration Testing Security Expert Witness. Barr Group's embedded security expert witness specializes in penetration testing, reverse engineering with tools such as IDA Pro, FPGA design in VHDL, and real-time firmware in C and assembly, and holds a security clearance.
• DOCSIS Cable Modem Expert Witness. Barr Group's DOCSIS cable modem expert witness authored the DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1 and Baseline Privacy standards, built the first MCNS cable modem, and is a named inventor on nearly one hundred U.S. patents in broadband, wireless data, mesh networking and digital video.
• Medical Image Processing Expert Witness. Barr Group's signal, image, and video processing expert witness holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and has experience in data compression, medical and dental diagnostic imaging including X-ray, nuclear medicine, and ultrasound, real-time embedded software, and FPGA design.