Rich Seifert
`21885 Bear Creek Way
`Los Gatos, CA 95033
`(408) 395-5700
`rich@richseifert.com
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`Overview
`Mr. Seifert has over 45 years of experience in the computer industry, specializing in computer network
`architecture, systems, and product design. He was one of the original developers of the 10 Mb/s Ethernet
`technology at Digital Equipment Corporation, and is now President of Networks and Communications
`Consulting, providing services to a wide range of network, semiconductor, and computer systems
`manufacturers, investors, and users. He taught graduate-level courses at the University of California for
`over 15 years, has published three best-selling technology treatises, and has chaired and co-authored
`numerous international standards for computer communications. He has served as a technology consultant
`and testifying expert to law firms in more than thirty cases over the past fifteen years. He is an advisor to
`numerous venture capital investors, has founded high-tech companies both in the U.S. and abroad, and has
`served on the Executive Boards of a number of firms. Mr. Seifert is an attorney, admitted to practice law in
`California and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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`Education
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`B.E. (E.E.)
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`M.S.E.E.
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`M.B.A.
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`J.D.
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`City College of New York, 1976
`Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1979
`Clark University, 1984
`Santa Clara University, 2006 (summa cum laude)
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`Computer/Communications Industry Work Experience
`1987-Present:
`Networks and Communications Consulting (Los Gatos, CA)
`President and Founder
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`Technical and business consulting to manufacturers, integrators, investors, and users of LAN, semiconductor,
`internetworking, and computer systems products. More than 200 clients over 20 years, with projects ranging from
`strategic planning through product design, specification, and training.
`1984-1987:
`Industrial Networking, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
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`Chief Technology Officer
`First employee and founding CTO for start-up company developing factory LAN modems, controllers, and
`systems. Provided technical leadership for firm (over 100 employees), as well as design and
`implementation of new manufacturing and test processes.
`1976-1984:
`Digital Equipment Corp. (Maynard, MA)
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`Principal Engineer/Engineering Supervisor/Consulting Engineer
`Technical leader for group of engineers developing first commercial Ethernet products. Co-author (with Xerox
`and Intel Corp.) of industry-standard Ethernet specification. Designed and developed physical channel for
`10 Mb/s Ethernet, including serial interface and transceiver silicon. Charter member of IEEE 802 LAN
`Standards committee, and co-author of IEEE 802.3 Local Area Network Standard.
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`Teaching Experience
`1986-2002:
`University of California (Berkeley)
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`Graduate level courses on computer network technology.
`1999:
`University of California (Santa Cruz)
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`Undergraduate level course on business information systems.
`1998:
`Oxford University (U.K.)
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`Graduate level seminar on computer network technology.
`1993-95:
`University of California (Santa Barbara)
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`Graduate level seminars on computer network technology.
`1987-2002:
`Networks and Communications Consulting
`Nearly 100 public and private seminars delivered on computer network technology, plus
`videotape sales.
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`1997-2005:
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`Entrepreneurial Experience
`1992-2000:
`Tut Systems (Pleasanton, CA)
`Technical Advisory Board
`Helped develop initial business plan, technology validation. Company taken public,
`subsequently acquired by Motorola.
`Mysticom, Inc. (Netanya, Israel; Mountain View, CA)
`Founder, Chief Architect, Board of Directors, Technical Advisory Board
`Key member of company start-up team. Helped with initial incorporation, financing,
`business plan, market validation. Company acquired by TranSwitch Corp.
`Juniper Networks (JNPR; San Jose, CA)
`Member of start-up team. Helped with initial product architecture, market validation.
`Company taken public.
`Yago Systems (Sunnyvale, CA)
`Member of start-up team. Helped with technology issues, market validation. Company
`acquired by Cabletron Systems.
`Nishan Systems (San Jose, CA)
`Technical Advisory Board
`Consulted to executive team on technology issues. Company acquired by McData Corp.
`JatoTech Ventures (Austin, TX)
`Technical Advisory Board
`Evaluated and advised general partners on technology investments.
`TeraBlaze, Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
`Founder, Chief Architect
`Key member of company start-up team. Helped with initial incorporation, financing,
`business plan, market validation. Company acquired by Agere Systems.
`Storage Networks (Waltham, MA)
`Technical Advisory Board
`Consulted to executive team on technology issues. Company taken public, later dissolved.
`Silverback Systems (San Jose, CA)
`Technical Advisory Board
`Member of company start-up team. Helped arrange financing, consulted on technology
`issues. Company acquired by Brocade Communications.
`Cavium Networks (CAVM; San Jose, CA)
`Technical Advisory Board
`Member of company start-up team. Consulted on technology issues. Company taken public.
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`1997-1998:
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`1997-1998:
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`1999-2003:
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`2000-2002:
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`2000-2003:
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`2000-2003:
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`2001-2007:
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`2001-2003:
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`Publications
`Books:
`The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology, John Wiley & Sons, August 2008
`The Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology, John Wiley & Sons, June 2000
`Gigabit Ethernet: Technology and Applications of High Speed LANs, Addison-Wesley, April 1998
`The Design and Planning of Enterprise-Wide AppleTalk Internetworks, Apple Computer, 1993
`Choosing Between Bridges and Routers, Infonetics Research Institute, 1989 (2nd ed., 1990, 3rd ed. 1991)
`Articles and Papers:
`The Use of Backpressure for Congestion Control in Half Duplex CSMA/CD LANs, Networks and Communications
`Consulting Technical Report 15, August 1996
`Issues in LAN Switching and Migration from a Shared LAN Environment, Networks and Communications
`Technical Report 14 (also published by Kalpana, Inc.), November 1995
`The Effect of Ethernet Behavior on Networks using High-Performance Workstations and Servers, Networks and
`Communications Technical Report 13 (also published by Auspex Systems), March 1995
`When Worlds Collide, Data Communications, January 1991
`Have Remote Bridge Vendors Made a Big Blunder?, Data Communications, April 1991
`Ethernet: Ten Years After, BYTE Magazine, January 1991
`Industry Standards (Author or Co-author):
`IEEE 802.3ad: Link Aggregation, 1999
`IEEE 802.3z: Media Access Control (MAC) Parameters, Physical Layer, Medium Attachment Units, and Repeater for
`1000 Mb/s Operation, Type 1000BASE-X, 1998
`IEEE 802.3ac: Frame Extensions for Virtual Bridge Local Area Networks, 1998
`IEEE 802.3x: Specification for 802.3 Full Duplex Operation, 1997
`ISO/IEC 8802-3 (IEEE 802.3): Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detect (CSMA/CD) Media Access
`Control Method and Physical Layer Specifications, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996 (and supplements)
`IEEE 802.3u: Media Access Control (MAC) Parameters, Physical Layer, Medium Attachment Units, and Repeater for
`100 Mb/s Operation, Type 100BASE-T, 1995
`ISO/IEC 10038 (IEEE 802.1D): Medium Access Control (MAC) Bridges, 1990, 1993 (and supplements)
`IEEE 802: Overview and Architecture, 1990
`IEEE 802.1E: System Load Protocol, 1990
`ISO 8802-4 (IEEE 802.4): Token-passing bus access method and physical layer specifications, 1985, 1990 (and
`supplements)
`Digital Equipment Corp., Intel Corp., Xerox Corp., The Ethernet: A Local Area Network,—Data Link Layer and
`Physical Layer Specifications, Version 1: September 30, 1980, Version 2: November 1982
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`Legal Consulting Experience
`From 1994–present, served as technology consultant and expert witness in numerous cases (for both plaintiffs and
`defendants) involving patent infringement, breach of contract/warranty, and tort liability. Services have
`included: clarifying and interpreting technology details for counsel, preparation of expert declarations and
`reports, providing testimony (both deposition and open court), and prior art searches. Has also served as Special
`Master (Sup. Ct., CA) in a high-profile trade secret dispute. In 2006, admitted to the bar in California, and to the
`Federal bar for the Northern District of California.
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`1996–98
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`1998
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`1998
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`1998
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`1998–00
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`Legal Cases
`1994–95
`3Com v. SynOptics Communications
`Workman, Nydegger & Seeley (Salt Lake City, UT) for Plaintiff 3Com
`Patent litigation relating to secure Ethernet repeater technology. Provided expert technology
`consultation. Case settled before deposition or trial.
`Datapoint v. Intel, et. al.
`Kenyon and Kenyon (Washington, DC) for Defendant Intel
`Patent litigation relating to multi-speed Local Area Networks, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, LAN
`Bridges, and Auto-Negotiation. Provided expert consultation and testimony at Markman
`hearing. Summary judgment for client Intel (non-infringement); affirmed on appeal.
`Bay Networks
`Provided expert opinion on the classification of networking products for the Harmonized Tariff
`Schedule of the European Union (World Customs Organization).
`Level One v. SEEQ
`Fish & Richardson (Menlo Park, CA) for Plaintiff Level One
`Patent litigation relating to Fast Ethernet Auto-Negotiation and IEEE standards. Provided expert
`consultation, expert report and deposition testimony. Case settled prior to trial.
`Ashraf Dahod v. LANCity Communications (Bay Networks)
`Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Hayes (Boston, MA) for Defendant Bay Networks
`Patent litigation relating to broadband metropolitan-area network equipment. Provided expert
`consultation, expert report, and deposition testimony. Trial verdict for client Bay Networks.
`Accton Technology v. Microlinear
`Morgan, Miller & Blair (Walnut Creek, CA) for Plaintiff Accton
`Liability litigation relating to defective Ethernet transceiver components. Provided expert
`consultation. Case settled before trial.
`Texas Instruments v. Hyundai
`Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (Dallas, TX) for Plaintiff Texas Instruments
`Patent litigation relating to Fast Ethernet, signal encoding, and IEEE standards. Provided expert
`consultation and expert report. Case settled before trial (in excess of $1B for Plaintiff).
`Lucent v. Cisco Systems
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Menlo Park, CA) for Defendant Cisco Systems
`Patent litigation relating to Virtual LANs, internetworking, etc. (many patents at issue). Provided
`expert consultation. Case settled before trial.
`Nortel Networks v. Optical Networks, Inc.
`Fenwick & West (Menlo Park, CA) for Defendant Optical Networks
`Patent litigation relating to redundant fiber ring technology. Provided expert technology
`consultation. Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Accton Technology v. Valor Electronics
`Morgan, Miller & Blair (Walnut Creek, CA) for Plaintiff Accton
`Liability litigation relating to defective Ethernet power converter modules. Provided expert
`consultation and deposition testimony. Case settled before trial.
`Intel v. Broadcom
`Superior Court of California (Santa Clara County)
`Litigation relating to potential disclosure of trade secrets as a result of hiring employees from a
`competitor. Served as Special Master to the Court, pursuant to a Preliminary Injunction ruling.
`Acted as a neutral, technically-knowledgeable third party to monitor work of affected employees
`to see if trade secret information was being misappropriated. Technologies at issue included
`Gigabit Ethernet and LAN Switch semiconductors. Provided report to court; case subsequently
`settled before trial.
`Grumman v. 3Com
`Workman, Nydegger & Seeley (Salt Lake City, UT) for Defendant 3Com
`Patent litigation relating to internetworking systems architecture. Provided expert consultation.
`Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Intel Corporation
`Provided expert consultation to in-house counsel regarding entire portfolio of network-related
`patents.
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`1999
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`1999
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`2000
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`2000
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`2000-01
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`2000
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`2001
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`2001-02
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`2002-04
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`2002-05
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`2005
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`2005
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`2005-07
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`Nortel v. Foundry Networks
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Menlo Park, CA) for Defendant Foundry Networks
`Patent litigation relating to design of bridges, switches, and routers. Provided expert consultation
`and expert reports. Case settled before trial.
`IBM v. Pluris
`Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati (Palo Alto, CA) for Defendant Pluris
`Patent litigation relating to a variety of internetworking technologies. Provided expert
`consultation. Case rendered moot by dissolution of Pluris.
`Connectel v. NMS
`Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo (Boston, MA) for Defendant NMS
`Patent litigation relating to Internet fax technology. Provided expert consultation, expert report,
`deposition testimony and testimony at Markman hearing. Case settled before trial.
`Chrimar Systems v. Cisco Systems
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Menlo Park, CA) for Defendant Cisco Systems
`Patent litigation relating to providing power to Ethernet devices over a communications link.
`Provided expert consultation, expert reports and affidavits, deposition and hearing testimony.
`Summary judgment for client Cisco (both non-infringement and invalidity of asserted patent
`claim).
`Connectel v. Cisco Systems
`Kirkland & Ellis (San Francisco, CA) for Defendant Cisco Systems
`Patent litigation relating to Internet fax technology. Provided expert consultation. Case settled
`before trial.
`Micrel v. Deloitte
`Bingham McCutcheon (East Palo Alto, CA) for Defendant Deloitte
`Accounting malpractice dispute relating to network semiconductor devices. Provided expert
`consultation. Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Negotiated Data Solutions v. Dell Computer
`Greenberg Traurig (Costa Mesa, CA) and Paul Hastings (Palo Alto, CA) for Defendant Dell
`Patent litigation relating to Ethernet Auto-Negotiation. Provided expert consultation. Consulting
`assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Marvell v. Broadcom
`O’Melveny & Myers (San Francisco, CA) for Defendant Broadcom
`Trade secret dispute relating to network semiconductor devices. Provided expert consultation.
`Case stayed indefinitely due to criminal prosecution of employee involved.
`L3 Communications v. Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc.
`Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo (Boston, MA) for Defendant Reveal
`Patent litigation relating to networked airport baggage scanning equipment. Provided expert
`consultation. Case settled before trial.
`Network-1 v. D-Link Systems
`Christine Yang (Fountain Valley, CA) for Defendant D-Link Systems
`Patent litigation relating to providing power to Ethernet devices over a communications link.
`Provided expert consultation, expert report, deposition testimony. Case settled before trial.
`Accton Technology v. Centillium Communications
`Morgan, Miller & Blair (Walnut Creek, CA) for Plaintiff Accton.
`Liability litigation relating to defective network routing semiconductors. Provided expert
`consultation, declarations. Case settled before trial.
`Alcatel v. Foundry Networks
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Menlo Park, CA) for Defendant Foundry Networks
`Patent litigation relating to user authentication for network switches. Provided expert
`consultation. Case settled before trial.
`Antor Media v. Palm Computing
`Quinn Emanuel (Redwood Shores, CA) for Defendant Palm Computing
`Patent litigation relating to method for data communications. Provided expert consultation. Case
`settled before trial.
`Enterasys Networks v. Foundry Networks
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Menlo Park, CA) for Defendant Foundry Networks
`Patent litigation relating to Virtual LAN implementation in network switches. Provided expert
`consultation. Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
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`2007
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`2008-09
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`2008
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`Chrimar Systems v. PowerDSine, Chrimar Systems v. D-Link Systems
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Menlo Park, CA) for Defendants PowerDSine and D-Link.
`Patent litigation relating to providing power to Ethernet devices over a communications link.
`Provided expert consultation, expert reports, declarations, deposition and hearing testimony.
`Case settled before trial.
`3Com v. Realtek
`Simpson Thacher (New York, NY) for Plaintiff 3Com
`Patent litigation relating to implementation of host interface in Ethernet and FDDI network
`products. Provided expert consultation. Consulting assignment completed during pendency of
`case.
`Commil v. Cisco Systems
`Simpson Thacher (Palo Alto, CA) for Defendant Cisco Systems
`Patent litigation relating to partitioning of Wireless LAN devices. Provided expert consultation.
`Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Epson v. Advanced Micro Devices
`Townsend, Townsend and Crew (San Francisco, CA) for Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant Epson.
`Patent negotiation relating to Ethernet Auto-Negotiation, Wake-on LAN, Full Duplex Ethernet
`(many patents at issue). Provided expert consultation.
`Network Appliance v. Sun Microsystems, Inc.
`DLA Piper (Washington, DC) for Defendant Sun Microsystems
`Patent litigation relating to Ethernet Link Aggregation. Provided expert consultation. Case settled
`before trial.
`Fenner v. 3Com, et. al.
`Finnegan, Henderson (Palo Alto, CA) for Defendants D-Link, Extreme Networks, Netgear, ZyXel
`Vasquez, Benisek & Lindgren (Lafayette, CA) for Defendants SMC, Enterasys, et. al.
`Patent litigation relating to MAC bridging, IP routing, and address lookup algorithms. Provided
`expert consultation, expert report. Case settled before trial.
`Network-1 v. Enterasys, et. al.
`Vasquez, Benisek & Lindgren (Lafayette, CA) for Enterasys and Joint Defense
`Follow-on case from prior Network-1 v. D-Link, same patent pursued against additional
`defendants following earlier settlement. Provided expert consultation. Consulting assignment
`completed during pendency of case.
`Fenner v. Dell, et. al.
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges (New York, NY) for Defendant Dell Computer
`Goodwin, Procter (Washington, DC) for Defendant Hewlett-Packard
`Follow-on case from prior Fenner v. 3Com litigation relating to MAC bridging, IP routing, and
`address lookup algorithms. Provided expert consultation. Consulting assignment completed
`during pendency of case.
`FINoc v. D-Link
`Law Offices of Christine Yang for Defendant D-Link
`Patent litigation relating to wireless DSL communications systems. Provided expert consultation.
`Case settled before trial.
`United States v. Ge
`Swanson & McNamara (San Francisco, CA) for Defendant Yuefei Ge
`Criminal prosecution relating to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. Provided expert
`consultation. Defendant acquitted on two counts, mistrial (jury deadlock) on three counts.
`Zircon v. Stanley
`Haynes and Boone (San Jose, CA) for Plaintiff Zircon
`Patent litigation relating to algorithms for electronic stud finder. Provided expert consultation.
`Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Optimum Path v. SMC Networks
`Vasquez, Benisek & Lindgren (Lafayette, CA) for Defendant SMC Networks
`Patent litigation relating to wireless routers. Provided expert consultation. Consulting assignment
`completed during pendency of case.
`Eon v. Verizon
`Simpson Thacher (New York, NY) for Defendant Verizon
`Patent litigation relating to interactive video networks. Provided expert consultation, expert
`reports, deposition testimony. Case settled before trial.
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`SynQor, Inc. v. Lineage Power, et. al.
`Vasquez, Benisek & Lindgren (Lafayette, CA) for Defendants Lineage Power and Cherokee Power
`Patent litigation relating to switching power systems architecture. Provided expert consultation.
`Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Eon v. D-Link
`Law Offices of Christine Yang for Defendant D-Link
`Patent litigation relating to interactive video networks. Provided expert consultation. Consulting
`assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Fujitsu v. D-Link
`Law Offices of Christine Yang for Defendant D-Link
`Patent litigation relating to PCMCIA interface adapters. Provided expert consultation. Consulting
`assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`Evaluated patent portfolio for client considering acquisition of IP.
`VirnetX v. Siemens
`Pepper Hamilton LLP for Defendant Siemens
`Patent litigation relating to secure communications systems. Provided expert consultation.
`Consulting assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Chalumeau v. Enterasys, et. al.
`Vasquez, Benisek & Lindgren for joint defense.
`Patent litigation relating to Power-over-Ethernet. Provided expert consultation. Consulting
`assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Chrimar v. Avaya, et. al.
`Crowell & Moring for Defendant Avaya
`ITC action relating to Power-over-Ethernet. Provided expert consulting. Consulting assignment
`completed during pendency of case.
`Eon v. FLO TV
`Simpson Thacher for Defendant FLO TV
`Patent litigation relating to interactive video networks. Provided expert consultation. Case
`pending.
`Eon v. Novatel, et. al.
`K&L Gates for Defendants Novatel and Enfora.
`Patent litigation relating to interactive video networks. Provided expert consultation, expert
`report, and deposition testimony. Case settled before trial.
`USEI v. Digi
`Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi for Defendant Digi, Inc.
`Patent litigation relating to Ethernet interface design. Provided expert consultation. Consulting
`assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Eon v. Silver Spring Networks
`SNR Denton for Defendant Silver Spring Networks.
`Patent litigation relating to wireless telemetry systems. Provided expert consultation. Consulting
`assignment completed during pendency of case.
`Fenner v. Juniper Networks
`Irell & Manella, LLP for Defendant Juniper Networks. Provided expert consultation. Case
`pending.
`USEI v. Xerox Corp.
`Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi for Defendant Xerox Corp. Provided expert consultation, expert
`report. Case settled before trial.
`USEI v. Apple Corp.
`Williams Morgan for Defendant Apple Corp. Provided expert consultation, expert reports.
`Summary judgment in favor of Defendant Apple.
`Chrimar v. AMX, et al.
`McDermott, Will & Emery for Defendant AMX. Provided expert consultation. Case pending.
`Net Navigation Systems LLC v. Extreme Networks
`Vasquez, Benisek, and Lindgren for Defendant Extreme. Provided expert consultation. Case
`pending.
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