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.
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Consumer Electronics Expert Witness List
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering with years of industry experience in the design of microprocessors for infotainment and multimedia…
Distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering with more than sixty years of experience in engineering R&D, product…
Embedded systems industry veteran who built or managed the development of more than one hundred computer products. Started three technology companies and…
A leading research university-educated electrical engineer, computer scientist, and physicist with over two decades of technology leadership and entrepreneurial…
Independent computer engineering consultant with four decades of experience in the casino gaming industry, including development of gaming and related…
Computer engineer and information security expert specializing in the secure design of embedded computing devices and their networks. White hat hacker who uses…
Independent consultant across all aspects of semiconductor design and development with more than two decades of experience in industry. …
Electrical engineer and embedded computing pioneer with over thirty years of experience designing electronics hardware and low-level software as well as more…
Professor emeritus of computer science at one university and an associate professor of the same at another. Also a software consultant and a leader with…
A leading research university-educated professor of electrical engineering and computer science whose career in industry began at a major technology company. Has…