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New expert case: Morgan Solar v Banyan Energy

I've been retained by Banyan in a patent interference case regarding concentrator-type solar collectors.

The mountain hath been in labour....TAOS v Intersil is going again

After almost exactly three years waiting for a claim construction ruling, this case has gotten started again. I'm working on the trade secret side of a complicated suit arising out of a contemplated acquisition that wasn't completed.

Another New New Expert Case

I've been retained in NTRI v LG Electronics et al., another optical disc patent infringement case.

Two New Expert Cases, One Settles

A case I've been working on since March 2012, DCG Systems v Checkpoint Technologies, has settled, and I've been retained in two others, ThinkOptics v Nintendo et al. (helping ThinkOptics with an inter partes reexamination), and Voxpath RS v Desay et al. (defending Samsung in an optical disc case).

Two New Front Ends for Scanning Surface Voltage Tool

I'm designing two brand new front ends for a scanning surface voltage tool for semiconductor manufacturing. Normally there are two ways you can measure surface potential—the vibrating Kelvin probe, which gets you the actual voltage but is very slow, or the fast-scan method, which is fast but gets you only the 1-D derivative of the potential.