Internet expert witnesses may testify on issues involving cyber-squatting, spam, email, websites, and related matters. In the news this week, the Federal Trade Commission has fined Google $22.5M for violating an earlier privacy settlement with the federal agency. The FTC charged Google with misrepresenting to users of Apple Inc.’s Safari…
Sydney Federal Court Judge Annabelle Claire Benne warned Samsung counsel Katrina Howard regarding the accusation that Apple inappropriately influenced patent expert witnesses. Technology expert Aruna Seneviratne, Director of the Australian Technology Park Laboratory of NICTA, said Apple lawyers pointed out a typographical error in his report and he was not…
Judge Alan Mann has allowed psychiatry expert witness Dr. James Merikangas, his assistant Adrienne Taylor, and Dr. John Matthew Fabian access to Amy Bishop-Anderson. Bishop-Anderson is charged in the 2010 shooting at The University of Alabama in Huntsville that killed three and injured six. The three witnesses will work to…
Accident reconstruction expert witness Amrit Toor has sued attorney Thomas Harding claiming defamation after Harding compared the expert to Johnny Carson’s fictional magician character Carnac. Toor is a forensic engineer specializing in accident reconstruction at Intech Engineering Ltd. He is also suing the Canadian news agency Postmedia seeking damages over…
Copyrights expert witnesses may testify on copyright infringement, copyright notice, and copyright limitations. In the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Electronic Arts sued Zynga this week for copyright infringement stating that Zynga copied the game The Sims Social in creating The Ville. EA is the second largest U.S.…
Trucking expert witness Lew Grill specializes in the standard of care of truck drivers and the motor carriers who employ them. See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s regulations and their interpretations governing highway transportation on his website: http://www.lewgrill.com/LIBRARY%20FILES/FMCSRs/LG_FMCSRs.htm
Pediatrics expert witness Dr. Blaine Tolby testified in the Washington state child mistreatment case against Jeffery and Rebecca Trebilcock. The Treblicocks were charged with criminal mistreatment of their four adopted children and found guilty of of first-degree criminal mistreatment of their teenage son and third-degree criminal mistreatment of his sister.…
Real estate appraisal expert witness Ron Zitzow testified for Aurora County regarding the value of the South Dakota Thompson Farms dairy. Thompson Farms is seeking $2.6 million in damages saying that a county ordinance forced their business to close. Zitzow testified their were no damages as a result of the…
Cell phones expert witness Jeff Strohm testified in the murder trial against Preston Strong. Strohm is a custodian of records for Sprint Nextel Communications and explained how cell phones search for the strongest signal which is usually dependent upon distance to the tower. Defense attorney Kristi Riggins argued that Strong…
International patents expert witnesses may provide reports and testify regarding computer patents, design patents, and international patents and licensing. This week, in a patent infringement case, a German court ruled on Friday in favor of Microsoft. The court issued an injunction against Motorola to stop the sale of phones using…