Software Litigation Consulting Information

Software Litigation Consulting (Andrew Schulman) specializes in source code examination, pre-filing investigation of software/internet patent infringement, the preparation of claim charts (infringement & invalidity contentions), and research in software prior art. Services include: Source code examination for patent, copyright, and trade secrets litigation (programming languages: C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Objective-C, C#, PHP, Flash ActionScript, Python, and other languages) Pre-filing investigation (in-depth infringement-related inspection of software/internet products services) Software reverse engineering, including static (e.g. disassembly) and dynamic (e.g. network packet sniffing) methods Mobile app software "teardown" for Android and iPhone (iOS) Locating software/internet prior art (for anticipation, on-sale, and public-use) Infringement & invalidity contentions (claim charts, including both PICs before source code is available, and post-discovery ICs with "pinpoint" source-code citations) Services in more detail: Source code examination (see "Source code and e-discovery"; also see forthcoming book, due 2017: Source Code Examination for Software & Internet Patent Litigation: A Guide for Attorneys and Experts) Using reverse engineering to investigate patent infringement and non-infringement (see article "Hiding in Plain Sight: Using Reverse Engineering to Uncover Software Patent Infringement" in Intellectual Property Today, November 2010) Preparation of infringement & invalidity charts, correlating claim limitations on the one hand with elements/steps of software on the other (forthcoming book, due 2017: Claim Charts for Patent Litigation) Locating and analyzing software prior art (see article "Open to Inspection: Using Reverse Engineering to Uncover Software Prior Art" (Part 1) in New Matter [Calif. State Bar IP Section], Summer 2011); Part 2 (New Matter, Fall 2011) Software reverse engineering (text extraction, class dump, code decompilation/disassembly, network packet monitoring, in-depth examination ...