Independent Consultant Escondido, CA Provide technical and marketing consulting services in the areas of digital imaging and digital video including: § consumer video § real-time processing and display § image and video and audio compression (specializing in MPEG) § imaging/video systems architecture § imaging/video chip architecture § audio/video transmission, including optical & wireless networks Over 80 clients including Apple, AT&T, Adobe, Broadcom, China Central TV, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cisco, Comcast, DirecTV, EchoStar, Fujifilm, Gateway, GE, Haier, Hisense, HP, IBM, Johnson Controls, KAIST, Lenovo, LG, Matsushita, MediaTek, Microsoft, Motorola, Nikon, Nokia, ON2, Philips, Quanta, Riverbed, Samsung, Sharp, Siemens, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba, TPV, Tyco, US Department of Justice, Verizon, Vizio, Wistron, Yahoo, Zoran and ZTE.
Duties: JVT Committee (Apple, Cisco, Nokia, Polycom, Sun Microsystems, Tandberg, Teles, Texas Instruments, UBVideo, VideoLocus) Developed a comprehensive set of reports on IPR potentially related to the emerging H.264 standard.
Case Project: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington DC MPEGLA vs. Toshiba, NY State Court, Index No. 162716/2015 Expert report on essentiality and technical value of ATSC Standards patents.
Carey, Rodriguez, LLP, Miami *Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC, Paramount Pictures Corp., vs. Nissim Corp., Case No. 14-81349/813450-cv-MARRA Expert witness for patent owner in counterclaims for infringement.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco MobileMediaIdeas vs. Apple, Case No. 10-258-SLR Expert reports and deposition, concerning infringement and validity of patents related to MPEG Audio Layer III (“mp3”) coding.