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Barr Group's smartphone and mobile apps experts review patent portfolios and advise attorneys in litigation. Our software engineers have hands-on experience designing iOS and Android apps for mobile handheld devices and the know-how to reverse engineer systems and analyze source code.  Many are trial-tested expert witnesses.

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Mobile Devices and Applications

Barr Group's expert witnesses have specialized expertise in source code review for smartphone devices and mobile apps, including:

  • Smartphones, cell phones, tablets, and smart watches
  • Google Android mobile operating system and SDK
  • Apple iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS as well as XCode
  • Microsoft Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, and Windows IoT
  • Google Play, Apple iTunes/AppStore, and Windows Phone Store
  • Blackberry OS, Qualcomm BREW, PalmOS/webOS, and ARM platforms
  • Nintendo, PlayStation, XBox, and video games for mobile computers
  • Cellular network protocols (SMS, MMS, CDMA, GSM, LTE)
  • WiFi 802.11, NFC, and Bluetooth (including Bluetooth LE)
  • IrDA and other infrared and line-of-sight communications
  • GPS, accelerometer, pedometer, camera, and microphone peripherals
  • Internet of Things (IoT) devices and cloud hosted apps
  • Web-based apps built with HTML, JavaScript, JSON, etc.
  • Qualcomm's hardware abstraction layer (HAL)

Barr Group's software experts are familiar with all of the major smartphone APIs as well as related wireless protocols and also with the programming languages used to develop iOS and Android apps, including C/C++, .NET, C#, Objective-C, Swift, Java, Kotlin, and Go.

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Expert Witness Services

Barr Group's smartphone 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
  • Preparation of patent infringement claim charts
  • Software source code review and analysis
  • Source code comparisons for copyright and trade secret theft
  • Prior art review for patent invalidity
  • Automated testing of mobile devices and wireless communications
  • Evaluation of cyber breaches and privacy invasions
  • 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 reviewers 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:

Mobile Devices & Apps Expert Witness List

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

Engineering consultant with hands-on industry experience in mechanical and electrical design as well as software and firmware development and testing.
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with years of industry experience in the design of microprocessors for infotainment and multimedia systems.
Early pioneer in the areas of moving target cyberdefenses, mobile code, and dynamic compilation and subject matter expert in virtual machines and JIT compilers.
Software developer and professor with extensive experience designing/developing/deploying advanced multimedia on platforms including handheld devices.
Consultant specializing in regulatory and clinical research with extensive experience in Class II and Class III medical devices in FDA and ISO-regulated environments.
White hat hacker specializing in penetration testing and reverse engineering and expert in the design of secure networks and IoT devices.
Consultant with over two decades of experience in semiconductor design and testing, including foundry process evaluation and selection.
Embedded computing pioneer with thirty years of experience designing electronics and firmware, notably for DVR-capable satellite TV receivers.
Professor of computer science and consultant with full-stack expertise in database-backed websites and mobile apps, payment system integration, and security.
Professor emeritus and software consultant with experience in every phase of software development who helped standardize short range wireless protocols.