CASES (most recent first):

    realZOOM LLC v. Nike, Inc., Case No. 18-cv-00139, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas (2019). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding image zoom on Web pages; researched prior art and wrote an expert declaration for a related Inter Partes Review (IPR2020-00118) for petitioners Nike, Inc., Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and Staples, Inc.
    Document Dynamics, LLC v. Xerox Corporation, Case No. 3:18-cv-411-AVC, United States District Court, District of Connecticut (2019). Hired by plaintiff in a patent case regarding the monitoring and tracking of print data in a network environment; wrote an expert report and an expert declaration.
    Facebook, Inc. and Instagram, LLC v. Search and Social Media Partners, LLC, Case No. IPR2018-01622, Inter Partes Review (2018). Hired by patent owner to rebut IPR petition; wrote an expert declaration and consulted on patent owner's response.
    Avocent Huntsville, LLC v. ZPE Systems, Inc., Case No. 3:17-cv-04319-WHO-KAW, United States District Court, Northern District of California (2018). Hired by plaintiff in a patent case regarding network management devices. Wrote an expert declaration on claim construction and consulted on technology tutorial.
    Google Inc. v. Spring Ventures Ltd., Case No. IPR2017-01652 and Case No. IPR2017-01653, Inter Partes Review (2017). Hired by patent owner to rebut IPR petitions; wrote an expert declaration and consulted on patent owner’s responses.
    Real Living Real Estate, LLC, v. SCS Realty Investment Group, LLC, Case Reference No. 1425016639, New Jersey (2016). Hired by defendant in an arbitration case regarding franchisor web services. Wrote expert declarations and testified at arbitration hearing.
    Tranxition, Inc. v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-1065-HZ, United States District Court, Oregon (2015). Hired by plaintiff in a patent case regarding migration of computer settings. Wrote two expert declarations.
    Freedom Scientific, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Civil Action No. 8-14-CV-00132-JDW-MAP, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (2014-2015). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding accessibility software for vision-impaired users. Wrote an expert declaration.
    SurfCast Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, Case No. 2:12-cv-333-DBH, United States District Court, District of Maine (2012-2014). Hired by plaintiff in a patent case regarding the simultaneous display of multiple information sources. Prepared expert reports on infringement and validity and was deposed twice. Prepared expert declarations and was deposed in a parallel Inter Partes Review proceeding.
    LendingTree, LLC v. Zillow, Inc., Nextag, Inc., and Adchemy, Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-00439 FDW-DCK, United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina (2013). Hired by defendants in a patent case regarding coordinating loans over the Internet. Prepared expert reports on noninfringement and invalidity, was deposed, and testified in court.
    Optimize Technology Solutions, LLC, v. Staples, Inc., et al, Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-00419-JRG, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas (2013). Hired by plaintiff in a patent case regarding displaying pre-customized content on Web sites. Srote two infringement expert reports and one validity expert report. Was deposed three times.
    Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. David Kappos, Honorable Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Case No. 12-cv-687-LMB/TRJ, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2012-2013). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding Web-based e-commerce and browser cookies. Prepared rebuttal expert report, was deposed, and testified in court.
    Symantec Corporation v. Acronis, Inc., Acronis International GmbH, and OOO Acronis, and related counterclaims, Case No. 3:11-cv-05310 EMC, United States District Court, Northern District of California (2013). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding online data backup.
    Symantec Corporation v. Acronis, Inc., Acronis International GmbH, and OOO Acronis, and related counterclaims, Case No. 3:12-cv-05331 JST, United States District Court, Northern District of California (2013). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding an incremental backup method.
    IconFind, Inc. v. Google Inc., Case No. 2:11-CV-00319-GEB-JFM, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (2012). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding coding, categorizing, and retrieving network pages and sites. Performed invalidity research and began work on expert report on invalidity.
    Yahoo! Inc. v. Augme Technologies, Inc. and World Talk Radio, LLC, Case No. C-09-5386 JCS, United States District Court, Northern District of California (2012). Hired by plaintiff in a patent case regarding managing digital content including streaming media.
    Augme Technologies, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc., Case No. 3:09-cv-05386-JCS, United States District Court, Northern District of California (2012). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding code modules for adding function to a Web page. Prepared expert report on invalidity and was deposed.
    Certain Printing and Imaging Devices and Components Thereof, ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-690 (2010-2011). Testified on behalf of plaintiff in a patent case between Ricoh (Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Americas Corporation and Ricoh Electronics, Inc.) and Oki Data (Oki Data Corporation and Oki Data Americas, Inc.) regarding remote printer configuration technologies. Prepared expert reports on infringement and validity, presented technical briefing for Judge, and was deposed.
    Ricoh Company Ltd. and Ricoh Americas Corporation v. Oki Data Corporation and Oki Data Americas Inc., Civil Action No. 09-694-SLR, United States District Court, Delaware (2009-2010). Hired by plaintiff in a patent case regarding printer technologies. Prepared expert reports and was deposed.
    Girafa.com v. Amazon Web Services, LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., Alexa Internet, Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Snap Technologies, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Smartdevil, Inc., Exalead, Inc., and Exalead, S.A., Case No. 07-87-SLR, United States District Court, Delaware (2008-2009). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding the use of thumbnail images in browser-based user interfaces. Prepared expert reports.
    International Business Machines v. Amazon, Case No. 9:2006-CV-242, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas (2006-2007). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding e-commerce and the Internet.
    Charles E. Hill & Associates v. Amazon.com Inc., America Online Inc., Barnesandnoble.com Inc., Buy.com Inc., Ebay Inc., Eddia Bauer Inc., The Gap Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, Intimate Brands, Inc., J. Crew Group, L L Bean Inc., Lands' End Inc., Limited Brands Inc., Quixtar Inc., Recreation Equipment Inc., Sears Roebuck and Co., Spiegel Inc., and Williams-Sonoma Inc., Case No. 2-02-CV-186, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas (2003-2005). Hired by defendant in a patent case regarding Web communications technologies (specifically HTTP) in e-commerce applications. Prepared expert reports and was deposed.
    United States v. Microsoft, Civil Action No. 98-1232 (TPJ), United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1998). Testified on behalf of plaintiff as one of 12 expert witnesses for the US Department of Justice in the landmark antitrust trial on issues of corporate computing practices and Web browser integration in the Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems. Prepared briefings for US assistant attorney general Joel Klein and lead prosecutor David Boies.
    United States v. Microsoft, Civil Action No. 94-1564, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (January 1998). Testified on behalf of plaintiff as the US Department of Justice's sole witness in a million-dollar-per-day contempt hearing regarding the bundling of Windows 95 and Internet Explorer.