Michael Nranian
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`Education
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`Expert in Intellectual Property &
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`Product Liability
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`10945 Stoney Point • South Lyon, MI 48178
`Cell: 248-376-0338 • Fax: 248-446-4052
`WEBSITE: trialexpertwitness.com
`Emails: mnranian@charter.net
` mnranian@peoplepc.com
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`Wayne State University
`MS Electrical Engineering, 1991
`BS Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1993
`BS Chemical Engineering, 1984
`Juris Doctor, 1999
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`University of Michigan
`MBA, 2002
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`Qualifications
`Six Sigma Black Belt – American Society for Quality & International Quality Federation; Licensed Professional Engineer; Certified Project Management
`Professional; Eagle Scout; Accident Reconstruction – Northwestern University; Active Secret Security Clearance; Admitted to State Bars of Michigan & Texas,
`United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Supreme Court
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`INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:
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`Evaluation of patent infringement/non-infringement, and patent validity/invalidity, including America Invents Act, and 101, 102, 103, 112 and prior art
`arguments including analyses under literal infringement and the under the doctrine of equivalents. Prosecution history estoppel.
`Development of claim charts for Markman hearings, ITC & federal cases, Inter Partes reviews. Expert reports, depositions, hearing and trial testimony.
`Technology standards boards and licensing authorities, antitrust/DOJ, technology development and transfer, patents, trademarks, trade secrets,
`copyrights, data rights, trademark infringement/dilution, unfair competition/trade, false/deceptive advertising Lanham Act, Class Actions, etc.
`Georgia-Pacific factors analyses for determining reasonable royalty for plaintiff or defense. Willful infringement arguments.
`Development and Analysis of Markman briefs, claim charts, conducting prior art searches, and the analyses of patent file wrappers.
`Discovery and motion practice, summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition and reply briefs.
`Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications, U.S. applications, international filings. Post-Grant Review, Inter Partes Review, Patent Trial & Appeal Board.
`Prior art/patentability research in technical literature, publications, product specifications, and dissertations to analyze validity and obviousness.
`Litigation support and technology education in patent disputes, Federal Cases, ITC cases, & re-examinations, derivation proceedings, prior user rights.
`Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, computers, microprocessors, & automotive components/systems for all aspects of
`intellectual property/litigation. Cellular, telecommunication, GPS/navigation, mobile, telematics, info/data/transmission, Human Machine Interfaces, etc.
`Deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States.
`Cases include: Magna v. TRW; Bradley v. Fontaine Trailer; AVS, ATI; Remy v. WAI (ITC); Lucent/Gateway/MPEG; Tendler v. Onstar; IQASR v. Wendt;
`Mobileye v. Picutup; Transtex v. Ridge; KAR v. Ford, Speedguage v. Inthinc; Voxx v. JSI, Freedom Motors v. Allegiant; Dorman v. Paccar & many other cases
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`PRODUCT LIABILITY SERVICES AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:
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`Direct participation in more than 300 litigation cases with in-depth evaluations of multiple high-dollar claims and lawsuits. Forensic Analyses.
`Expert witness reports, inspections, accident reconstruction, photographs, occupant kinematics & injury causation, component and system analyses.
`Development of case and trial strategy, summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition and reply briefs.
`Deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States as Expert Witness and Corporate Representative.
`All areas of discovery, preparing and/or obtaining sets of requests for production, interrogatories, requests for admissions. E-discovery.
`Preparation of other witnesses prior to their depositions and trial testimonies, including all potential cross-examination questions. Forensic Analyses.
`Product Liability Law, indemnification, injury thresholds and regulatory requirements, including all FMVSS interpretation/compliance.
`Optical/vision systems, warning systems, forward collision/lane departure warning, medical devices, wheelchairs, and handicap assistance devices.
`Automotive, truck (including tractor-trailer) systems, sensing systems, including all crash recorders (Direct design experience in these modules for over
`20 years). Accident reconstruction and analysis of crash pulse information. Electrical, electronic, electro-mechanical components and systems.
`Design validation plans and reports, failure modes and effects analyses, product prove-out, design verification, reliability/durability analyses/assessment.
`Analysis of component defects including seats, seatbelts, curtains, airbags, roof crush, structure, doors, all modes of sensors, crashworthiness.
`Electrical systems and architecture, fire cause and origin, lidar/radar, sensors, camera/optical/vision, warning & diagnostic system & fault code analyses.
`Insurance law, no fault insurance law, subrogation. Automotive domestic/international OEMs, customers, suppliers, manufacturing, operations.
`Field Analysis of Product Liability Issues and the Implementation of Design Changes to Reduce Exposure. Forensics. Analysis of Alternative Designs.
`Regulatory pre-emption arguments, express, implied, or fact-specific analyses. Workplace safety/standards/polices, Fall Protection, - OSHA, ANSI, etc.
`Depositions, Expert Testimony, Trial Testimony. Please see Judicial Experience/Testimony History on website (too much to list here).
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`Summary of Professional Experience
`Principal - AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN ANALYSIS, South Lyon, MI - Technical consulting practice conducting objective, expert analysis, research, and investigation of all
`aspects of Intellectual Property; Patents, Products and Technologies; and Product Liability, defect investigation, Regulatory compliance. Forensic Analyses.
`TARDEC/TACOM - U.S. Army, Warren, MI – Cyber Security- Computer Engineer Direct. IP - Invention disclosures/patents/contracts. (GTA & Alion contractual).
`Associate, Intellectual Property - Vivacqua Law, Ann Arbor, MI - Represent clients in all intellectual property aspects of electrical, chemical, software, and automotive.
`Principal Systems Engineer – TACOM - U.S. Army, Warren, MI - Conduct Systems Engineering/ Manage Cross-Functional Teams. DoD contracts. Consult via Raytheon
`Risk Analysis/Decision Analysis Lead - General Dynamics, Sterling Hts., MI - Decision analysis, trade studies, systems engineering, risk analysis, & mitigation.
`Intellectual Property Litigation Associate, Dechert LLP, Austin, TX - Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, and computers involving all aspects
`of intellectual property, including licensing, USPTO matters, joint development agreements, contracts, opinion work, infringement analyses, standards boards, copyrights,
`trade secrets, & antitrust issues. Discovery, motion practice, trial/ settlement procedures. Cases include Lucent/MPT v. Gateway MPEG proceedings, Apple Computer-
`Lucent Licensing negotiations, Tendler v. Onstar, and Acer/Gateway v. Hewlett Packard International Trade Commission litigation.
`Design Analysis Engineer/Technical Specialist/Engineering Manager, FORD, Dearborn, MI - Technical analysis of vehicles, systems, components, and diagnostics. Act
`as corporate representative and expert witness; testify in trials and depositions. Conduct accident investigations and prepare expert witness reports and responses to
`requests for discovery. Expert in FMVSS, ECE, regulatory, due-care, corporate standards, warnings, SAE and NHTSA publications, information for NHTSA inquiries,
`recalls, notices, vehicle diagnostic, OBDII interfaces, vehicle bus interfaces, communication protocols, human machine interface, analysis/interpretation of electrical
`components, system information stored in electronic crash sensors, diagnostic modules, system modules. Lead design, development, testing, and implementation of
`advanced-technology passive/active restraint systems. Conducted numerous (hundreds) crash, sled, and component tests. Developed design verification plans & reports,
`failure modes & effects analyses, product & production validation plans, and then develop the products & systems to meet these requirements. Quality control/assurance.
`Senior Project Engineer, General Motors, Troy, MI - Design, development, testing, and release of electrical system, software/algorithm, sensing, and airbag and airbag
`suppression systems for all GM truck lines. FMVSS, ECE, corporate specifications and design standards, FMEA, DVPR, control plans, and Due-Care requirements.
`Senior Project Engineer, AlliedSignal, Sterling Hts., MI - Managed European, Pacific Rim, & domestic programs. Design and development of electrical systems &
`components, airbag modules, sensors, and airbag systems. Developed statements of work and comprehensive system design/test requirements, contracts/subcontracts.
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`MICHAEL NRANIAN
`ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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`Michael Nranian
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`Expert in Intellectual Property &
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`Product Liability
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`10945 Stoney Point
`South Lyon, MI 48178
`Cell: 248-376-0338
`Landline/Fax: 248-446-4052
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`WEBSITE: trialexpertwitness.com
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`Emails: mnranian@charter.net
` mnranian@peoplepc.com
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`Cell: 248-376-0338
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`INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:
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`Evaluation of patent infringement/non-infringement, and patent validity/invalidity, including America Invents Act, and 101, 102, 103, 112 and
`prior art arguments including analyses under literal infringement and the under the doctrine of equivalents. Prosecution history estoppel.
`Development of claim charts for Markman hearings, ITC cases, and federal cases. Expert reports, depositions, hearing and trial testimony.
`Technology standards boards and licensing authorities, antitrust/DOJ, technology development and transfer, patents, trademarks, trade secrets,
`copyrights, data rights, trademark infringement/dilution, unfair competition/trade, false/deceptive advertising Lanham Act, Class Actions, etc.
`Georgia-Pacific factors analyses for determining reasonable royalty for plaintiff or defense. Willful infringement arguments.
`Development and Analysis of Markman briefs, claim charts, conducting prior art searches, and the analyses of patent file wrappers.
`Discovery and motion practice, summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition and reply briefs.
`Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications, U.S. applications, international filings. Post-Grant Review, Inter Partes Review, Patent Trial and
`Appeal Board.
`Prior art/patentability research in technical literature, publications, product specifications, and dissertations to analyze validity and obviousness.
`Litigation support and technology education in patent disputes, Federal Cases, ITC cases, & re-examinations, derivation proceedings, prior user
`rights.
`Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, computers, algorithms, microprocessors, & automotive components/systems
`involving all aspects of intellectual property litigation. Cellular, telecommunication, GPS/navigation, mobile telematics, information/data
`transmission, Human machine interfaces, etc.
`Deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States.
`Cases include: Magna v. TRW; Bradley v. Fontaine Trailer; ATI v. Siemens; Remy v. WAI (ITC); Lucent/Gateway/MPEG; Tendler v. Onstar;
`Acer/Gateway v. HP (ITC); Mobileye Inc. v. Picutup Corp.; Transtex v. Ridge; KAR v. Ford, Speedguage v. Inthinc; Zoao Controls, Freedom Motors v.
`Allegiant, Magna Mirrors v. TRW, VOT v. Ford; Dorman v. Paccar & other cases
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`PRODUCT LIABILITY SERVICES AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:
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`Direct participation in more than 300 litigation cases with in-depth evaluations of multiple high-dollar claims and lawsuits. Forensic Analyses
`& Investigations.
`Expert witness reports, inspections, accident reconstruction, photographs, occupant kinematics & injury causation, component and system
`analyses. Forensic Analyses. Investigations.
`Development of case and trial strategy, summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition and reply briefs.
`Deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States as Expert Witness and Corporate
`Representative.
`All areas of discovery, preparing and/or obtaining sets of requests for production, interrogatories, requests for admissions. E-discovery.
`Preparation of other witnesses prior to their depositions and trial testimonies, including all potential cross-examination questions.
`Product Liability Law, indemnification, injury thresholds and regulatory requirements, including all FMVSS, interpretation/compliance.
`Optical/vision systems, warning systems, forward collision/lane departure warning, medical devices, wheelchairs, and handicap assistance
`devices. Workplace safety/standards/policies, Fall Protection, - OSHA, ANSI, etc. Inertia mechanisms, webbing, harnesses, forensics.
`Automotive, truck (including tractor-trailer) systems, sensing systems, including all crash recorders (Direct design experience in these
`modules for over 20 years). Accident reconstruction and analysis of crash pulse information. Electrical, electronic, electro-mechanical
`components and systems. Computer, algorithm, software, analyses. Occupant sensing and Out-of-position sensing and injury mitigation.
`Design validation plans and reports, failure modes and effects analyses, product prove-out, design verification, reliability/durability
`analyses/assessment.
`Analysis of component defects including seats, seatbelts, load limiters, pretensioners, curtains, airbags, roof crush, structure, doors, all modes
`of sensors, crashworthiness. Occupant position sensing, Occupant Out-of-position sensing, and injury mitigation systems & strategies.
` Workplace safety standards, practices, policies. Fall Protection, - OSHA, ANSI, etc. Inertia mechanisms, harnesses. Safety/machine guards.
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`Electrical systems and architecture, fire cause and origin, lidar/radar, sensors, camera/optical/vision, warning & diagnostic system & fault
`code analyses. Human machine interfaces, controls, displays, warnings, diagnostic. Data/information/parameter storage & retrieval.
`Insurance law, no fault insurance law, subrogation, class actions. Automotive domestic/international OEMs, customers, suppliers,
`manufacturing, operations. NHTSA Complaints and Responses. FMVSS, IIHS, Sled and Barrier testing and analyses. Injury assessment.
`Field Analysis of Product Liability Issues and the Implementation of Design Changes to Reduce Exposure. Analysis of Alternative Designs.
`Regulatory pre-emption arguments, express, implied, or fact-specific analyses.
`Depositions, Expert Testimony, Trial Testimony. Please see Judicial Experience/Testimony History on (Next Page - too much to list here).
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`JUDICIAL APPEARANCES AND TESTIMONY HISTORY (PAGE 1 OF 3)
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`Depositions
` Kupovits v. Wright & Fillipis, Oakland County Circuit Court, Michigan, August 23, 2000
` Paisner v. Chonus, Superior Court of New Jersey, October 9-10, 2000
` Brown v. Ford, Greenup Circuit Court, Greenup, Kentucky, April 3, 2001
` Davis v. Ford, United States District Court, District of Nevada, January 9, 2002
` Estate of Edward Thompson, Lisa Bryant v. Ford, United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, March 7, 2002
` Dotson v. Ford, United States District Court, Western District of Virginia, July 26, 2002
` O’neal and Johnson v. Ford et al, Circuit Court of Warren County, Mississippi, August 29, 2003
` Galam et al v. Ford et al, Los Angeles County Superior Court, September 22, 2004
` Lindop/Billich v. Ford, Santa Clara County Superior Court, San Jose California, March 17, 2005
` Davis v. Ford, Contra Costa County Superior Court, Martinez, California, March 31, 2005
` Davis v. Ford, Contra Costa County Superior Court, Martinez, California, May 26, 2005
` Sister Guadalupe Gonzalez v. Ford et al, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, July 13, 2005
` Davis v. Ford, Contra Costa County Superior Court, Martinez, California, July 28-29, 2005
` Carney (Wisnewski) v. Darrin Ray Cochran, Dennis Cochran, and Ford, Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia,
`August 17, 2005
` Davis v. Ford, Contra Costa County Superior Court, Martinez, California, September 7, 2005
` Sister Guadalupe Gonzalez v. Ford et al, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, September 13, 2005
` Cox v. Ford et al, 14th Judicial District Parish of Calcasieu Louisiana, October 21, 2005
` Mancha et al v. Ford et al, 23rd Judicial District Wharton County, Texas, November 3, 2005
` McCoy v. Ford et al, Court of Common Pleas County of Richland, South Carolina, November 8, 2005
` Davis v. Ford, Contra Costa County Superior Court, Martinez, California, November 17, 2005
` Shannon/Lynthacum v. Ford, General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, County of Richmond, North Carolina,
`January 12, 2006
` Walker v. Ford, United States District Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial District, Southern District Broward County, Florida,
`February 2, 2006
` Cook v. Ford, Marion County Superior Court, County of Marion, State of Indiana, July 11, 2006.
` Elliot v. Ford, United States District Court, District of Arizona, September 20, 2006.
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`In the Matter of Certain Starter Motors and Alternators, Inv. No. 337-TA-755, United States International Trade Commission,
`Washington, D.C., August 31, 2011
` Zachery Bradley, et al v. Fontaine Trailer Company, Inc., Case No. 3:06 CV 0062 (WWE), United States District Court
`District of Connecticut, September 27, 2011
` Mobileye, Inc. v. Picutup Corp., et al, Case No. 12 CV 1994, United States District Court Southern District of New York,
`August 28, 2012
` Cody Cormier, et al v. Tammy Threatts, et al 15th Judicial District Court Parish of Acadia State of Louisiana, Docket No.
`2009-10199, Div. B, April 8, 2014
` Sunday Brumfield, Individually and as Tutrix of the Minors Shane Brumfield and Dalton Brumfield, v. Dana Shell, Ford
`Motor Company, Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, City of Baker, City of Baton Rouge, 20th Judicial
`District Court for the Parish of East Feliciana, State of Louisiana, Docket No. 39,092 Division B, May 15, 2014
` Toyota Motor Corp., Petitioner, v. Leroy G. Hagenbuch, Patent Owner, Case IPR2013-00483, Patent 8,014,917,
`Administrative Patent Judge Jameson Lee, USPTO-PTAB July 8, 2014
` CHRISTINA M. DAVIS, individually and on behalf of her minor child, BRANDON DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. Isuzu Motors
`Limited, a foreign corporation; Isuzu Motors America, LLC, a California limited liability company; Suburu of Indiana
`Automotive, Inc., an Indiana corporation, f/n/a Suburu-Isuzu Automotive, Inc.; Ronnie O. Underwood and Jane Doe
`Underwood, husband and wife, and Does 1-100, Inclusive, Defendants, In and for the County of Navajo, In the Superior Court
`of the State of Arizona, NO. CV201000098, August 21, 2014
` Vehicle Interface Technologies, L.L.C. v. Ford Motor Company, L.L.C., United States District Court for the District of
`Delaware, C.A. No. 12-1284-RGA, August 27-29, 2014
` Vehicle Interface Technologies, L.L.C. v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, L.L.C., United States District Court for the
`District of Delaware, C.A. No. 12-1285-RGA, August 27-29, & September 3, 2014
` Toyota Motor Corp., Petitioner, v. Leroy G. Hagenbuch, Patent Owner, Case IPR2013-00638, Patent 8,014,917,
`Administrative Patent Judge Jameson Lee, Michael W. Kim, & Adam V. Floyd, USPTO-PTAB September 19, 2014
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`Depositions
` CHRISTINA M. DAVIS, individually and on behalf of her minor child, BRANDON DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. Isuzu Motors
`Limited, a foreign corporation; Isuzu Motors America, LLC, a California limited liability company; Suburu of Indiana
`Automotive, Inc., an Indiana corporation, f/n/a Suburu-Isuzu Automotive, Inc.; Ronnie O. Underwood and Jane Doe
`Underwood, husband and wife, and Does 1-100, Inclusive, Defendants, In and for the County of Navajo, In the Superior Court
`of the State of Arizona, NO. CV201000098, September 22, 2014
` Toyota Motor Corp., Petitioner, v. Leroy G. Hagenbuch, Patent Owner, Case IPR2014-00123 Case IPR2014-00124,
`Patent 8,532,867, Administrative Patent Judge Jameson Lee, Michael W. Kim, & Adam V. Floyd, USPTO-PTAB September
`30, 2014
` Ford Motor Company, BMW of North America LLC, v. Vehicle Operation Technologies, LLC Patent Owner, Case IPR2014-
`00594, Case IPR2014-00600, Case IPR 2014-00601, Case IPR2014-00602, Case IPR2014-00603 U.S Patent No. 7,145,442
`Vehicle Operation Display System, Administrative Patent Judges Glenn J. Perry, Brian J. McNamara, & Bart A. Gerstenblith
`USPTO-PTAB, April 7, 2015
` Steven Newbern and Claudia Newbern Plaintiffs, v. Ford Motor Company and Stephen Ronald McGee Defendants, Court of
`Common Pleas for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, State of South Carolina, C/A No. 2013-CP-2928, April 30, 2015
` TRW Automotive US LLC, Petitioner, v. Magna Electronics Inc., Patent Owner Case IPR2014-01010 Patent 7,533,998 B2,
`Administrative Patent Judges James P. Calve, Michael J. Fitzpatrick, & Barry L. Grossman, USPTO-PTAB, May 19, 2015
` Sunday Brumfield, Individually and as Tutrix of the Minors Shane Brumfield and Dalton Brumfield, v. Dana Shell, Ford
`Motor Company, Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, City of Baker, City of Baton Rouge, 20th Judicial
`District Court for the Parish of East Feliciana, State of Louisiana, Docket No. 39,092 Division B, May 21, 2015
` Steven Newbern and Claudia Newbern Plaintiffs, v. Ford Motor Company and Stephen Ronald McGee Defendants, Court of
`Common Pleas for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, State of South Carolina, C/A No. 2013-CP-2928, July 29, 2015
` Magna Electronics Inc. Plaintiff, v. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp; TRW Automotive US LLC; and TRW Vehicle Safety
`Systems Inc. Defendants – United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan - Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-
`00654, Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-00324, Honorable Paul L. Maloney, July 7, 2015
` Margaret Scholan, as guardian for Meta Scholan and Bailey Scholan, Plaintiff, vs. Toyota Motor Corporation, a foreign
`Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales USA, a foreign Corporation, and Daytona BR-GD, Inc. d/b/a Daytona Toyota, a Florida
`corporation, Defendants; Circuit Court Seventh Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County Florida- Case No. 2013-31068
`CICI Division 31, August 5, 2015
` TRW Automotive US LLC, Petitioner, v. Magna Electronics Inc., Patent Owner; Cases IPR2014-01497 Patent 8,531,278,
`IPR2014-01499 Patent 8531279; Administrative Patent Judges Jamison Lee, Barry L. Grossman, & Bart A Gerstenblith,
`USPTO-PTAB, September 15, 2015
` Velocity Patent, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Mercedes USA, LLC; Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., & FCA US, LLC,
`Defendants, Case Nos. 1:13-cv-08413, Case Nos. 1:13-cv-08419 , United States District Court for the Northern District of
`Illinois Eastern Division, Case Nos. 1:13-cv-08419 Judge John W. Darrah Magistrate Judge Michael T. Mason, February 1,
`2016
` Dorman Products, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Paccar Inc., Defendant, Civil Action No. 2.13-cv-06383-JD, United States District Court
`for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 8, 2016
` Gayle N. Robbins, Plaintiff, v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant, Case No. 415cv01360hea, United States District Court,
`Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division, August 16, 2016
` Unified Patents Inc, Petitioner v. American Vehicular Sciences, LLC Patent Owner IPR2016-00364 Patent 9,043,093,
`Administration Patent Judges Benjamin D. M. Wood, Jennifer Meyer Chagnon, Timothy J. Goodson, USPTO-PTAB, October
`14, 2016
` FCA US, Plaintiff, v. Lear Corporation, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. Delphi Connection Systems US, Inc., f/k/a FCI
`Automotive USA, Inc., DPH Holdings Corp. and Delphi Automotive LLP, Third Party Defendants, Case No. 15-146773-CK,
`State of Michigan, In the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland, Hon. James M. Alexander, October 25, 2016
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`Hearings
` Paisner v. Chonus, Superior Court of New Jersey, June 28, 2000
` O’neal and Johnson v. Ford et al, Circuit Court of Warren County, Mississippi, October 9, 2003
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`Trial Expert Testimonies
` Schicksnider v. Ford, 17th Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche, Louisiana, October 30, 2003
` Schach v. Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone, United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, May 5-6, 2004
` Colton v. Ford, General District Court for City of Newport News Virginia, Southeastern District of Virginia, January 12, 2005
` Laing v. Ford, 19th District Court Dearborn, Michigan, March 10, 2005
` Edwards v. Ford, 7th Judicial District Court Parish of Concordia Vidalia, Louisiana, May 2, 2005
` Walker v. Ford, United States District, Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial District Southern District, Broward County, Florida,
`March 8, 2006
` Sunday Brumfield, Individually and as Tutrix of the Minors Shane Brumfield and Dalton Brumfield, v. Dana Shell, Ford
`Motor Company, Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, City of Baker, City of Baton Rouge, 20th Judicial
`District Court for the Parish of East Feliciana, State of Louisiana, Docket No. 39,092 Division B, June 2-3, 2015
` Margaret Scholan, as guardian for Meta Scholan and Bailey Scholan, Plaintiff, vs. Toyota Motor Corporation, a foreign
`Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales USA, a foreign Corporation, and Daytona BR-GD, Inc. d/b/a Daytona Toyota, a Florida
`corporation, Defendants; Circuit Court Seventh Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County Florida- Case No. 2013-31068
`CICI Division 31, November 3, 2015
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`Education & Qualifications
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`University of Michigan
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`Wayne State University
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` MBA, with high distinction, 2002
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` MS, Electrical Engineering, GPA 3.71/4.0, 1991
`BS, summa cum laude, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993
` BS, with distinction, Chemical Engineering, 1984
`JD, GPA 3.61/4.0, Order of the Coif, 1999
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`Six Sigma Black Belt – American Society for Quality and International Quality Federation
`Licensed Professional Engineer
`Certified Project Management Professional
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`Accident Reconstruction – Northwestern University
`Active Secret Security Clearance
`Admitted to practice to United States Patent and Trademark Office,
`US Supreme Court, and State Bars of Michigan & Texas
`Summary of Professional Experience
`Principal - AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN ANALYSIS South Lyon, MI - Technical consulting practice conducting objective, expert analysis and investigation of Intellectual
`Property (patents, prior art, copyrights, trademarks, unfair competition, trade secrets, etc.). Clarification of prior art in technical literature, publications, product
`specifications, and dissertations to analyze validity and obviousness. Specification and claim analysis of scientific and engineering patents. Analysis under America
`Invents Act and all 101, 102, 103, 112 and other arguments. Product and technology analysis, patent portfolios, patentability research. Litigation support, patent
`infringement/non-infringement, patent validity/invalidity, and technology education in patent disputes, claim charts, patent reexaminations. Federal and state
`jurisdictions, International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings. Product Liability (including component defect allegations, vehicle crashes and occupant
`kinematics/injury causation) for automotive and other industries. Expert analyses of crash recorders, and electrical systems, including fault codes, crash pulse, and all
`recorded information. Truck, commercial, and recreational vehicles, electrical, electronic, telematics, mobile communications, and numerous other components/systems.
`TARDEC/TACOM - U.S. Army, Warren, MI – Cyber Security Computer Engineer Direct. IP-Develop technologies for DoD, draft invention disclosures/patents (contract).
`Associate, Intellectual Property - Vivacqua Law, Ann Arbor, MI - Represent clients in all intellectual property aspects of electrical, chemical, software, and automotive.
`Principal Systems Engineer – TACOM - U.S. Army, Warren, MI - Conduct Systems Engineering. Manage Cross-Functional Teams. DoD contracts Consult via Raytheon
`Risk Analysis/Decision Analysis Lead - General Dynamics, Sterling Hts., MI - Decision analysis, trade studies, systems engineering, risk analysis, & mitigation.
`Intellectual Property Litigation Associate, Dechert LLP, Austin, TX - Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, and computers involving all aspects
`of intellectual property, including licensing, USPTO matters, joint development agreements, contracts, opinion work, infringement analyses, standards boards, trade
`secrets, & antitrust issues, copyrights. Discovery, motion practice, trial/ settlement procedures. Cases include Lucent/MPT v. Gateway MPEG proceedings, Apple
`Computer-Lucent Licensing negotiations, Tendler v. Onstar, and Acer/Gateway v. Hewlett Packard International Trade Commission litigation.
`Design Analysis Engineer/Technical Specialist/Engineering Manager, FORD, Dearborn, MI - Responsible for technical analysis of vehicles, systems, and components,
`including airbags, seat belts, and automotive electrical systems and diagnostics. Contribute to continuous improvement of existing products and the design/development of
`new products through extensive field analysis and reporting of product performance. Evaluate vehicle component defect allegations, vehicle crashworthiness. Act as
`corporate representative and expert witness; testify in trials and depositions. Conduct accident investigations and prepare expert witness reports and responses to requests
`for discovery. Extremely knowledgeable in electrical systems, electromechanical components, as well as overall restraint systems and vehicle crashworthiness for all front
`and side impacts and rollover. Determination of vehicle electrical system architecture and performance, electrical component analysis, BEV, accident reconstruction,
`occupant kinematics, and body structure performance. Extremely knowledgeable in FMVSS, ECE, regulatory and corporate standards, warnings, as well as obtaining
`SAE and NHTSA publications, and obtaining information related to NHTSA inquiries, recalls, and notices. In-depth experience in vehicle diagnostic, OBDII interfaces,
`vehicle bus interfaces, class II and serial communication protocols, and the analysis and interpretation of electrical components, system information stored in Electronic
`Crash Sensors, Diagnostic Modules, software programming & algorithm methods/processes, computers, microprocessors, and other automotive system modules.
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`Senior Design Engineer FORD, Dearborn, MI - Lead design, development, testing, and implementation of advanced-technology passive/active restraint systems.
`Managed body engineering and restraint engineering, and electrical system projects for truck and car platforms. Extensive product development & program management
`experience. Six Sigma Black Belt; very knowledgeable in Design for Manufacturing, DOE, QC, and QA techniques. In depth experience in establishing system
`management plans, critical guidelines, corporate standards, design standards, specifications, test requirements, Subsystem Design Specifications, Product Verification
`Specifications, control plans, system and component level FMEAs, DVPRs, ISO and QS standards, Business Operating Systems, Quality Operating Systems, process
`reengineering, and lean manufacturing. Conducted numerous (hundreds) crash, sled, and component tests. Developed design verification plans and reports, failure
`modes and effects analyses, product and production validation plans, and then developed t