Streaming & Video

Streaming has become the primary way for us to consume video content. We have come a long way from the stamp-sized, low-resolution web videos of the late 1990s. All content owners and distributors now have their own streaming service, and Netflix is one of the most valuable global companies. Video streaming is putting a lot of stress on the internet infrastructure, and the industry is adapting by deploying ever more sophisticated technologies. An entire industry has matured around the need for more bandwidth, and these players amassed substantial differentiating intellectual property.  

How We Help Clients

Expert Witness

Our experts have helped numerous parties in patent litigation to make sense of the technologies involved. We have opined on cases about streaming, content distribution, edge caching, and related technologies. 

Mergers & Acquisitions

High-stakes transactions require third-party independent experts opine on critical technical aspects of the transactions.  Top experts not only bring their technical expertise to answer questions but also help drive the diligence process and define what questions to ask.

Pre-Litigation Consulting

Corporations with large IP portfolios often need help figuring out what exactly they have and how to monetize it. We have helped patent owners gauge the value of their intellectual property, and identify infringing product targets.

Insights

Our Experts

Multimedia and Web Streaming Expert Witness

This expert holds a PhD and MS in Computer and Information Science from a leading research university, with a focus on real-time distributed computing relevant to multimedia systems. Professionally, this expert has served in executive roles, at Fortune 500 technology firms specializing in networking and at innovative startups focused on multimedia and streaming technologies. Their career includes leading initiatives in broadband multimedia delivery, contributing to both large-scale corporate projects and startup ventures in streaming media services.

This expert witness has over two decades of technical expertise in multimedia and streaming technologies, specializing in broadband multimedia content delivery and networked entertainment systems. They have designed architectures for multimedia production, distribution, and delivery over the Internet, pioneering the first live webcasts, high-definition set-top box solutions for digital media streaming, and large-scale video stream distributions for global audiences. Their work includes web-based streaming services, managing live webcasts for major events, and ensuring robust and scalable streaming solutions.

This expert has provided expert witness services in legal cases involving multimedia and streaming technologies, offering insights into intellectual property disputes, technology standards for broadband streaming, and due diligence for multimedia service deployments, leveraging their deep technical and executive experience in the field.

Smart TV and Streaming Expert Witness

This expert holds a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering and an MBA from a top-tier business school. In professional roles, this expert has over 20 years of experience at a multinational telecommunications manufacturer designing wireless systems, at a leading global tech company leading the global launch of a smart TV platform in partnership with major OEMs, and founding multiple startups. This expert has also held leadership positions in venture capital firms, conducting due diligence on technologies including streaming and multimedia platforms.

This expert witness possesses deep technical expertise in smart TV and streaming technologies, including platforms like Android TV, Chromecast, and Roku, with hands-on experience in product leadership, remote control definitions, user experience components, and compliance with third-party software licensing for multimedia devices. Proficiency extends to content delivery networks (CDN), web applications, cloud computing, and internet computing, supporting efficient multimedia streaming and data pipelines. Further skills include networking and telecommunications aspects relevant to streaming, such as TCP/IP, routing, mobile communications, and ad-hoc networks, alongside machine learning applications like neural networks, deep learning, generative AI, and natural language processing for enhancing multimedia analytics and user-generated content sharing.

As an expert witness, this expert has provided testimony in U.S. District Courts, the International Trade Commission, PTAB proceedings, arbitration, and state courts, opining on patent infringement related to smart TV technologies, contributory copyright infringement under DMCA for content delivery systems, breach of contract in multimedia software development, and invalidity analyses. This expert has delivered trial testimony and depositions in cases involving leading companies in streaming and consumer electronics, serving both plaintiffs and defendants with a focus on translating complex multimedia and streaming concepts into clear explanations for legal audiences.

Multimedia Streaming Expert Witness

This expert holds a PhD from a top university in electrical engineering and computer science, with prior bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the same field, focusing on compiler technologies and scalable systems. In professional roles, this expert co-founded a startup developing real-time communication platforms, which was acquired by a Fortune 50 technology company. Subsequently, this expert contributed as a software engineer at a leading software firm, enhancing instant messaging servers and client applications.

This expert possesses deep technical expertise in multimedia streaming, including real-time communications, two-way messaging, instant messaging, VoIP, live chat, and publish-subscribe architectures. Proficient in programming languages such as C++, with experience in COM and XML for implementing streaming solutions, this expert has built systems supporting seamless multimedia delivery over networks.

This expert has extensive experience as an expert witness in intellectual property rights, patents, trade secrets, financial regulatory matters, international trade commissions, and federal and state courts, having authored tens of expert reports, participated in at least 15 depositions, and provided testimony in 3 trials.

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