Expert Witness for Many Law Firms, Cases & Game & Computing Companies

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Expert Witness for the Following Companies
Activision Blizzard , Amazon, Apple Computer, Atari Inc., Big Viking Games, Bungie, Capcom USA, Inc., Cartoon Interactive Group, Inc., Colossus Bets, Cryptic Studios, Inc., Disney Interactive Studios, Inc., Electronic Arts, Inc., Epic Games, Facebook, Flip Phone Games, Google, Gree, Gaia Interactive, Gameloft, Games2U.com, Gilberts LLP, Google, Gree, Harmonix Music Systems, IGT, Illinois Tool Works, Miller, Seabury Solucion (Spain), Index Digital Media, Infinity Ward, Inc. , LucasArts, Meta, Microsoft, Miniclip Tech, MTV Networks, Namco Bandai Games America , NCSoft, Neversoft, Entertainment, Inc., Nexon, Niantic Labs, Nintendo of America, Nvidia, Oculus, Popcap Games, Inc., PUBG, Rockstar Games, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, Sega of America, Inc., Skillz, Sony Computer Entertainment of America , Sony Online, Spin Master, Supercell, Take-Two Interactive
Treyarch Corporation, Turbine Inc., Ubisoft, Valve, Viacom International, Warner Bros. Interactive, Xfire, Yahoo! Inc., Zynga, Inc.

Law Firms I Have Worked For
Akin Gump; BakerHostetler; Barcelo, Harrison & Walker; Brown, Rudnick LLP; Cooley LLP; Duane Morris; eRise ip, Fenwick & West, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner; Fish & Richardson PC; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Goodwin Procter LLP; Irell & Manella; Jenner & Block; K&L Gates, LLP; Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP ; KelloggHansen; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Kirkpatrick, Townsend & Stockton; Klarquist Sparkman LLP; Latham & Watkins ; Mannning & Kass; McAndrews Held LLP; Mintz;Mitchell Silberberg LLP; Oliff PLC; Omelveny & Meyers; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP ; Quarles & Brady LLP; QuinnEmanuel; Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP; Ropes & Gray; Shook, Hardy & Bacon; Winston & Strawn; Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Wilmer Hale; Winston & Strawn LLP; Wolf Greenfield


Cases
  • Created Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course for the Los Angeles County Bar Association on Games & the Law, 26 March 2019, mostly focusing on patent litigation & games.
  • Flip Phone Games vs Playrix, expert for Flip Phone Games via Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, May 2024 - present.
  • Colossus Bets vs DraftKings, expert for Colossus Bets via Gilbert’s LLP. 11 January 2024 – present.
  • Immersion vs Meta, expert for Meta via Cooley, October 2023 – 16 Jan 2024. Deposition 29 Nov 2023. Settled.
  • Billy Mitchell vs Twin Galaxies, expert for Billy Mitchell through Manning & Kass, June 2023 - 16 Jan 2024. Settled with my report posted online.
  • FTC vs Meta/Mark Zuckerberg, expert for Meta/Mark Zuckerberg through KelloggHansen, deposition on 2 December 2022. Preliminary Injunction trial 8 - 20 December 2022. Trial testimony on 19 December 2022. August 2022 - January 2023.
  • Skillz vs AviaGames, expert for Skillz through QuinnEmanuel, May 2021 - Feb 2024. Skillz won against AviaGames for $42.9M.
  • MEC Resources vs Magic Leap, expert for Magic Leap via Cooley, November 2021 – January 2022. Settled.
  • Gentex vs Facebook, expert for Facebook via Kirkland & Ellis, September 2021 - March 2024.
  • EyesMatch and Memomi Labs vs Facebook, expert for Facebook via Cooley, July 2021 - June 2022.
  • Nantworks vs Niantic Labs, through Cooley, Jan 2021 – present. Two IPRs.
  • IGT vs Zynga, through BakerHostetler, May 2021 – August 2022.
  • Microsoft Corp. vs D3D Technologies, Inc, through Fish & Richardson, expert for Microsoft, January 2021 – present. 2 IPRs. Deposition on the 2 IPRs 4 Nov 2021. Deposition on 5 April 2022 (29 minutes).
  • Interactive Play Devices vs Spin Master, through Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., expert for Spin Master, January 2021 – May 2021. Settled.
  • Dark Burn Creative vs Andrew Chan, through Ritt, Tai, Thvedt & Hodges LLP, expert for Andrew Chan, 19 September 2019 – January 2021.
  • Worlds Inc vs Microsoft, through Fish & Richardson, expert for Microsoft, 17 November 2020 - September 2021. Settled.
  • PUBG vs Netease, through Winston & Strawn, expert for PUBG, October 2020 - present.
  • Epic vs Acceleration Bay, through Winston & Strawn LLP, expert for Epic, 19 July 2019 – present.
  • Supercell vs Gree through Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, expert for Gree, 20 May 2019 – present. Work to respond to two IPRs.
  • Supercell vs Gree through OLIFF PLC, expert for Gree, 23 May 2018 – present. Work to respond to three PGRs. Depositions 6 March 2019, 28 – 29 March 2019.
  • Eolas vs Google. Expert for Google through Quinn Emanuel, 30 Jan 2017 – present.
  • PalTalk vs Valve. Expert for Valve through Shook, Hardy & Bacon & Barcelo, Harrison & Walker LLP. Nov 2017 – September 2020. IPRs voided all patent claims.
  • Acceleration Bay vs Activision. Expert for Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive – Rockstar Games through Winston & Strawn, Jan 2017 – present.
  • Acceleration Bay vs Bungie. Expert for Bungie through Wilson Sonsini, Nov 2016 – present.
  • Game & Technology Co. Ltd vs Valve. Expert for Valve through Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. 28 September 2016 – 7 October 2016. Draft IPR doc caused plaintiff to settle.
  • Treehouse Avatar LLV vs Valve. Expert for Valve through Barcelo, Harrison & Walker LLP. 2 May 2016 – present. IPR filed. Invalidity & non-infringement reports. Deposition 19 May 2021. Summary judgment in favor of Valve 4 Nov 2021.
  • Illinois Tool Works and Miller, Seaberry Solucion (Spain) v. Lincoln Electric. Expert for Illinois Tool Works and Miller, Seabury Solucion (Spain) through McAndrews Held LLP. 16 Feb 2016 – present. IPR filed. Non-infringement doc.
  • Gameloft, Inc vs Inventor Holdings, LLC. 11 August 2015 – present. Expert for Gameloft through eRise. IPR filed.
  • Art+Com v. Google, deposition at Akin Gump 8 July 2015.
  • Zenimax Media Inc. vs Facebook/Oculus VR/Palmer Luckey, 19 March 2015 – June 2015. Expert for Facebook/Oculus VR/Palmer Lucky through Cooley LLP. Zenimax did not want me on this because I work at USC.
  • Worlds, Inc v. Bungie, 23 March 2015 – 12 March 2016. Expert for Bungie through Wilson Sonsini. IPR Deposition/Trial 11 – 12 February 2016.
  • Rothchild Digital Media Innovations v. SCEA, 20 Jan 2015 – present. Expert for SCEA through Quarles & Brady LLP.
  • Guitar Apprentice v. Ubisoft, 21 Nov 2014 – present. Expert for Ubisoft through eRise.
  • Multiplayer Network Innovations v. Amazon, 18 Nov 2014 – 9 Feb 2015. Expert for Amazon through Klarquist Sparkman LLP.
  • Babbage Holdings LLC v. Nintendo of America, 4 Nov 2014 – 10 April 2015. Expert for Nintendo through Jenner & Block. Settlement reached.
  • ZiiLabs Inc., Ltd. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd., Apple Computer et al., 30 May 2014 – 20 Oct 2015. Expert for Apple Computer through Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Deposition taken 14 July 2015. Settlement reached 20 Oct 2015.
  • Fernandez vs Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, 20 May 2014 – present. Expert for eRise ip.
  • McRo Inc dba Planet Blue vs Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.; Sega of America, Inc.; Electronic Arts Inc.; Disney Interactive Studios, Inc.; Capcom USA, Inc.; Neversoft Entertainment, Inc.; Treyarch Corporation; Index Digital Media; Activision Blizzard, Inc.; Infinity Ward, Inc.; LucasArts; and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 19 Feb 2014 – 24 September 2014. Expert for EA and Activision through Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Patents ruled invalid. Reversed at Circuit Court. Deposition 29 June 2017. Continuing through 6 March 2018 when settled.
  • Babbage Holdings v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America & Sony Online Entertainment, 13 Dec 2013 – 28 Dec 2013 (may still be active). Expert for Sony through Duane Morris.
  • Straightpath vs Sony, December 2013 – May 2014. Expert for Wolf Greenfield. Issue before the ITC.
  • Worlds, Inc v. Activision Blizzard, 16 May 2013 – May 2021. Expert for Activision Blizzard through Ropes & Gray initially, then Wilmer Hale. Worlds’ patents declared “abstract ideas” that are not sufficiently transformative to be legally patentable.
  • Princeton Digital Image Corp vs Harmonix Music Systems, Inc, May 2013 – present. Expert for Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner. Deposition on 17 July 2014. My part ended 31 March 2018.
  • Gametek vs. Facebook … Big Viking Games, May 2013 – 7 May 2014. Patent held invalid. Expert for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
  • Games2u.com vs Game Truck Licensing, August 2013. Expert for Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. Settlement reached.
  • Digital Reg vs Valve, April 2013 – May 2013. Expert for Barcelo, Harrison & Walker. Settlement reached.
  • Walker Digital vs Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Nov 2012 – present. Expert for eRise LLP.
  • Walker Digital vs Activision-Blizzard et. al., Dec 2011 – Jan 2013. Expert for Joint Defense Group of 11 companies - Miniclip Tech (US) Limited Inc. (Brown Rudnick LLP), Microsoft Corporation (Fish & Richardson P.C), Activision Blizzard, Inc (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Atari Inc. (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Cryptic Studios, Inc (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Electronic Arts Inc & Popcap Games, Inc (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Turbine Inc. & Cartoon Interactive Group Inc (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Zynga Inc (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Gaia Interactive Inc (Goodwin Procter LLP), Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (K&L Gates LLP) and Yahoo! Inc (Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP).
  • Walker Digital vs Valve, Expert for Valve through Barcelo, Harrison & Walker. Dec 2011 – 17 Feb 2012. Settlement reached.
  • Biax Corp. vs Nvidia Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc, Sony Electronics, Inc. Expert for Sony March 2011 – May 2012. Deposition 2 June 2011. Summary judgement for Nvidia/Sony.
  • Nexon Corp. via Mitchell Silberberg LLP. Expert on the security of Nexon’s Combat Arms & Maple Story online games. Work was to examine and report on hacker tools used to crash Nexon’s online games and to level-up player characters.
  • PalTalk Holdings vs Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc, Sony Online Entertainment, LLC, Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Activision Blizzard, Inc, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc, NCSoft Corporation, Jagex LTD, and Turbine, Inc. Expert for Sony, Activision and NCSoft through Latham & Watkins, Irella and Manella, and Ropes and Gray. October 2009 – September 2011. Settlement reached.
  • First Media vs. Electronic Arts, Inc., Harmonix Music Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Viacom Inc., and Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. Expert for Viacom through Jenner & Block. June 2008 – February 2010.
  • Viacom International Inc., on behalf of itself, MTV Networks, and Harmonix Music Systems Inc. vs. Activision, on behalf of itself, Activision Publishing Inc., and RedOctane Inc.. Expert for Viacom through Omelveny & Meyers. June 2008 – November 2008.
  • Hochstein vs. Sony Computer Entertainment America (through Shook, Hardy & Bacon), expert witness on networked game patents, October 2004 – March 2008. Deposition 2007 approx.
  • Yahoo vs. Xfire (through Fenwick & West), expert witness on networked game patents, October – November 2005.
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