Cloud Computing Expert Witness
We provide cloud computing expert witness testimony for litigation involving cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, virtualization, and cloud-based service delivery. Cloud computing disputes frequently involve patent claims over resource orchestration, container management, or network virtualization, as well as trade secret and breach of contract matters tied to proprietary cloud architectures. We analyze cloud deployments, system architectures, source code, and service configurations to provide defensible opinions on infringement, invalidity, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of contract claims.
Common Disputes We Handle
Cloud Infrastructure Patent Disputes Infringement and invalidity analysis for patents covering virtualization, container orchestration, serverless computing, cloud resource management, and multi-tenant architectures.
Cloud Service and SLA Contract Disputes Analysis of cloud platform functionality, service-level agreement compliance, uptime and availability guarantees, auto-scaling behavior, and data residency obligations for breach of contract and warranty claims.
Cloud Platform Trade Secrets Evaluation of proprietary cloud architectures, orchestration logic, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code configurations to assess misappropriation or independent development.
Data Center and Network Architecture Expert testimony on data center design, network virtualization, software-defined networking, traffic engineering, and cloud interconnection disputes. We analyze network configurations, performance data, and architecture documentation.
Representative Engagements
- Cloud Resource Manager Patent Infringement Retained to analyze a cloud infrastructure patent asserted against a major logistics provider. Evaluated how an open-source cloud resource manager implemented the patented claims and identified prior art invalidating the patent.
- Cloud Firewall Contributory Copyright Infringement Retained as a testifying expert witness in a matter involving cloud firewall technology and its role in enabling copyright infringement. Analyzed the interaction between DNS, cloud web hosting, and content delivery.
- Cloud Auto-Scaling Patent Invalidity Retained to evaluate invalidity of patents covering dynamic resource allocation and auto-scaling in multi-tenant cloud environments. Analyzed prior art in distributed computing and load balancing to support invalidity contentions.
Our Experts
Cloud Computing Expert Witness
Background
This expert holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, with academic training spanning AI, networking, and systems engineering. They have worked for leading global technology companies, including a Fortune 50 firm, contributing to major product launches in cloud and connected device ecosystems. They have founded and led multiple startups in cloud-based analytics. With over two decades of technical experience, they have evaluated large-scale patent portfolios and advised Fortune 500 clients on cloud architecture and performance tuning. As an expert witness, they have testified in federal court, the ITC, PTAB, and arbitration proceedings on matters involving cloud platforms, distributed computing, and internet infrastructure, in engagements for both plaintiffs and defendants.
Expertise
- AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, EKS, CloudFormation), Azure, GCP, multi-cloud architecture
- Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, microservices, service mesh (Istio, Envoy)
- CDNs (CloudFront, Akamai, Fastly), load balancing, caching layers, edge computing
- VMware, KVM, Xen, hypervisors
- software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV)
- AI/ML cloud optimization, performance tuning
Cloud Edge Computing Expert Witness
Background
This expert holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science with doctoral work in wireless and mobile network optimization, and a Master’s in Computer Engineering emphasizing telecommunications and multimedia systems. Educated at top universities in the United States and Europe, they built a career at leading U.S. research universities, serving as professor, department chair, and founding director of a school of computing. They have led major academic and research programs, managed multimillion-dollar research initiatives, and collaborated with government agencies and Fortune 500 technology companies on advanced networking and computing projects. Their research has contributed to advancements in cloud performance, network reliability, and distributed AI systems, and they hold patents in wireless location and tracking technologies.
Expertise
- Edge computing, MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing), IoT gateway architectures
- AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, CloudStack
- Distributed systems, large-scale data processing (Hadoop, Spark), stream processing (Kafka, Flink)
- TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SDN (OpenFlow)
- QoS optimization
- Wireless and mobile systems (LTE, 5G NR, Wi-Fi 6, MQTT, CoAP), mobile network optimization
Cloud Networking Expert Witness
Background
This expert earned a Ph.D. in Telecommunications and Networking from a leading U.S. university, following master’s degrees in physics and astrophysics from institutions in China and the United States. They have built a distinguished academic career as a tenured professor at a major U.S. research university. Prior to academia, they served as a system architect at a high-performance networking company, contributing to the design of next-generation multi-service routers. Their research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, industry leaders, and global technology firms, including a major cloud provider. Their work advances the efficiency and scalability of modern cloud environments through contributions to resource orchestration, traffic management, and network optimization.
Expertise
- Data center network architectures, network virtualization (VXLAN, NVGRE)
- Software-defined networking (SDN, OpenFlow, P4), network function virtualization (NFV), cloud resource orchestration
- Congestion control (TCP variants, DCTCP, ECN), traffic engineering, latency-aware scheduling, QoS optimization
- AWS VPC, Azure VNet, GCP networking, multi-tenant isolation
- IoT cloud integration, edge-cloud coordination, real-time distributed systems, multicore processor architectures
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