Tag: lawsuit
Be a Pioneer in the Field of Software Forensics
I hope you’re all aware of my book The Software IP Detective’s Handbook: Measurement, Comparison, and Infringement Detection. It’s the first book on Software Forensics, a field that I pioneered at Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering and Zeidman Consulting. Whereas Digital Forensics deals with bits and files, without any detailed knowledge of the meaning of [...]
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on July 1st, 2012.
Tags: CLOC, computer science, copyright, copyright infringement, crime, development, DMCA, expert witness, forensic engineering, forensics, infringement, intellectual property, law enforcement, lawsuit, lines of code, litigation, mathematics, object code, patent, patent infringement, plagiarism, plagiarism detection, programming, research, reverse engineering, school, science, software, software analysis, software plagiarism, source code, theft, trade secret, trade secret theft, transfer pricing, valuation
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Do Non-Practicing Entities Impede Progress?
On April 12 an op-ed was published in the Wall Street Journal entitled Patent Trolls vs. Progress by Andy Kessler, a former hedge-fund manager. In this blog I correct many inaccuracies.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on May 2nd, 2012.
Tags: intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, non-practicing entity, patent, patent infringement, troll
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Guidelines for lawyers dealing with experts
Over the years as an expert witness I’ve worked with a lot of lawyers. Most are really sharp, some are brilliant, and a few… not so much. Here are some guidelines for treating an expert right.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on July 2nd, 2011.
Tags: copyright infringement, expert witness, infringement, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, patent infringement, trade secret theft
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The Software IP Detective’s Handbook
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on May 2nd, 2011.
Tags: CLOC, computer science, copyright, copyright infringement, DMCA, expert witness, forensic engineering, forensics, infringement, intellectual property, lawsuit, lines of code, litigation, object code, patent, patent infringement, plagiarism, plagiarism detection, programming, reverse engineering, software, software analysis, software plagiarism, source code, trade secret, trade secret theft, transfer pricing, valuation
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Do patents really kill innovation?
Peter Huber at the Manhattan Institute argues in the Wall Street Journal that software patents discourage innovation and must be disallowed or restricted. Dr. Huber’s facts are wrong and his conclusion is wrong.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on May 2nd, 2011.
Tags: intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, patent, patent infringement, software
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SAFE introduces CodeSuite-LT
Sometimes a full-course meal is more than you need, have time for, or are willing to pay for. Sometimes fast food just hits the spot. That’s why we’re introducing CodeSuite-LT, a lower priced version of CodeSuite with most of the functionality at much lower cost.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on January 2nd, 2011.
Tags: copyright, copyright infringement, expert witness, forensic engineering, infringement, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, object code, reverse engineering, software, software analysis, software plagiarism, source code, theft, trade secret, trade secret theft
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The age of copyright trolls?
There’s a new business model to make money off of copyrights. Should you be concerned? New technology allows this business model to prosper. Can it also help you protect yourself? Read more about it here.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on December 1st, 2010.
Tags: copyright, copyright infringement, expert witness, infringement, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation
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Multiprocessing CodeSuite-MP
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on September 1st, 2010.
Tags: copyright, expert witness, forensic engineering, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, software, software analysis, software plagiarism, source code, trade secret, trade secret theft
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The Report Generator (RPG)
The Report Generator (“RPG”) is a new program from SAFE that automatically generates draft expert reports and declarations for litigation.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on June 30th, 2010.
Tags: copyright, copyright infringement, expert witness, infringement, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, patent, patent infringement, trade secret, trade secret theft
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CodeCLOC for software transfer pricing cases
SAFE announces the release of CodeSuite 4.0 that includes CodeCLOC for measuring how software evolves across versions of code. CodeCLOC uses the same algorithms that were implemented in CodeMeasure and that were developed for the landmark software transfer pricing case Symantec v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on June 1st, 2010.
Tags: CLOC, expert witness, lawsuit, lines of code, litigation, software analysis, source code, transfer pricing, valuation
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