| Biography | Dr. Lavian offers litigation support and expert witness services in the areas of network communications, telecommunications, mobile wireless, and Internet software technologies.
As a consultant, he provides his expertise in the following areas:
Network communications, telecommunications, Internet protocols, and mobile wireless:
• Communication networks: Internet protocols; TCP/IP suite, TCP, UDP, IP, Ethernet, 802.3, network protocols, network software applications, data link, network, and transport layers (L2, L3, L4), packet switching, data center network architecture
• Mobile wireless: Wi-Fi, 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), MAC, PHY, OFDM, DSSS, Wireless LAN (WLAN), CDMA, FDMA, TDMA, SMS, instant messaging (chat), mobile devices, smartphone
• Internet/cloud: Web applications, HTTP, e-mail, SMTP, POP, IMAP, Java, C/C++, file transfer FTP, client-server, cloud computing, distributed computing
• Routing/switching: LAN, WAN, VPN, routing protocols, RIP, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, multicast, DNS, QoS, network infrastructure, network communication architectures
• Unified Communications: PSTN, circuit switching, IP telephony, VoIP, SIP, RTP, SS7, carrier Ethernet, SONET, SDH, WDM, TDM, video/audio conferencing, streaming media
Litigation Support Services
Dr. Lavian has been retained in over 60 patent litigation cases, and his experience qualifies him to provide each of the following services:
• Expert witness in federal courts, USPTO, and the ITC
• Expert witness in USPTO reexamination, interference, and inter partes review (IPR)
• Expert reports and experienced courtroom testimonies
• Skilled articulation of technical material for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Product and technology analysis, patent portfolios, claim charts, and patentability research
• Litigation support and technology education in patent disputes and patent reexaminations
Dr. Lavian has worked on past cases involving Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, HP, LinkedIn, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Huawei, Ericsson, Motorola, LG, T-mobile, Samsung, and Apple. | |