Below is a history of Dave Howell’s expert contributions to legal cases since 2017.
The cases range from patent infringement and validity (including three PTAB Inter Partes reviews) and trade-secret misappropriation to contract infringement and fraud. Dave’s contributions include:
- Write expert opinions and rebuttals
- Give and attend depositions
- Assist in claim construction
- Testify in Federal Court
- Perform source code inspections
- Provide technical consultation to legal teams
Litigation & Consultation History
Kent v Apple, for Kent
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal 1403/7/7/21
in progress
Consultation for UK class action
Avision v Multiscan, for Multiscan
Skamania County 21-2-00064-30
in progress
Source code inspection
Alarm.com v Vivint, for Vivint
2:23-cv-004
in progress
Source code inspection
Beijing Meishe v TikTok, for Beijing Meishe
6:21-cv-504
in progress
Source code inspection, consultation
Chung v Intellectsoft, for Intellectsoft
4:21-cv-3074
09/15/2023
Expert report and rebuttal
Sadiant v Five Pack, for Sadiant
Dallas County DC-22-13302
09/08/2023
Expert report
Intuit v Samesurf (IPR), for Samesurf
PTAB-IPR 2023-0339, 0341, 0342
04/19/2023
Declaration
Samesurf v Intuit, for Samesurf
3:22-cv-412
04/09/2023
Expert report on trade-secret misappropriation
MacDuff v Dexcom, for Dexcom
No. 3:18-cv-369
in progress
Consultation
Captova v Amazon Web Services, for Amazon
AAA/ICDR No. 01-21-004-9950
12/13/2022
Testified in arbitration court regarding my expert report
08/30/2022
Expert report
Vivint v Skybell, for Vivint
2:21-cv-9472
11/18/2022
Source code inspections
SensorRx v Eli Lilly, for SensorRx
3:19-cv-643
11/12/2021
Deposed regarding my expert report
11/10/2021
Expert Report
KuhnMcCullen v Pek Pongpaet, for Pek Pongpaet
Santa Clara County 20-cv-362436
08/2021
Consultation
Miller Mendel v Oklahoma City, for Miller Mendel
No. 5:18-cv-990
12/29/2020
Expert report and rebuttal on claim construction
12/07/2020
Software platform inspection
Guardian Alliance v Tyler Miller (IPR), for Tyler Miller
PTAB-IPR 2020-00031 (inter partes review)
01/21/2020
Declaration
Perfect Company v. Adaptics Limited, for Perfect
No. 3:14-cv-5976, consolidated with 3:17-cv-5922
03/23/2019
Deposed regarding my reports on infringement
03/06/2019
Expert report and amended report on patent infringement
11/30/2018
Markman Hearing before Judge Ronald B. Leighton
10/11/2018
Declaration and supplemental declaration re 252 Motion to Compel
10/02/2018
Declaration re Responsive Claim Construction
09/13/2018
Deposed regarding my expert report and rebuttal report
04/02/2018
Expert report and rebuttal on patent validity
02/27/2018
Attended deposition of opposing expert, wrote internal report
10/20/2017
Markman hearing before Judge Ronald B. Leighton
Adaptics Limited v Perfect Company, for Perfect
PTAB-IPR 2018-01596 (inter partes review)
05/09/2017
Expert report on claim construction