Below is a history of Dave Howell’s expert contributions to legal cases since 2017.
The cases range from patent infringement and validity (including five 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, 1403/7/7/21, for Kent UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, for Kent (active)
- Samesurf v. Intuit, for Samesurf 3:22-cv-412 (N.D. Cal.) (active)
- Avision v. Multiscan, 21-2-00064-30 (Wash. Super. Ct. Skamania Cnty.), for Multiscan (active)
- Beijing Meishe v. TikTok, 6:21-cv-504 (E.D. Tex.), for Beijing Meishe
- Alarm.com v. Vivint, 2:23-cv-004 (D. Utah), for Vivint
- Vartuli v. Apple, 21-cv-384676 (Cal. Super. Ct. Santa Clara Cnty.), for Vartuli
- Chung & Picture Mandarin v. Intellectsoft, 4:21-cv-3074 (N.D. Cal.), for Intellectsoft
- Sadiant v. Five Pack, DC-22-13302 (Tex. Dist. Ct. Dallas Cnty.), for Sadiant
- Intuit v. Samesurf, PTAB IPR2023-0339, for Samesurf
- Intuit v. Samesurf, PTAB IPR2023-0341, for Samesurf
- Intuit v. Samesurf, PTAB IPR2023-0342, for Samesurf
- MacDuff v. Dexcom, 18-cv-565 (Tenn. Cir. Ct. Davidson Cnty.), for Dexcom
- Captova v. Amazon Web Services, AAA/ICDR 01-21-004-9950, for Amazon
- Vivint v. SkyBell, 2:21-cv-9472 (C.D. Cal.), for Vivint
- SensorRx v. Eli Lilly, 3:19-cv-643 (W.D.N.C.), for SensorRx
- KuhnMccullum v. Pek Pongpaet, 20-cv-362436 (Cal. Super. Ct. Santa Clara Cnty.), for Pek Pongpaet
- Miller Mendel v. Oklahoma City, 5:18-cv-990 (W.D. Okla.), for Miller Mendel
- Guardian Alliance Technologies v. Tyler Miller, PTAB IPR2020-00031, for Tyler Miller
- Perfect Company v. Adaptics Limited, 3:14-cv-5976 (N.D. Cal.), for Perfect Company
- Perfect Company v. Adaptics Limited, 3:17-cv-5922 (N.D. Cal.), for Perfect Company
- Adaptics Limited v. Perfect Company (IPR), PTAB IPR2018-01596, for Perfect Company