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Our work in
Bluetooth/IEEE 802.15.1 began in 2000. This work has included numerous
expert witness engagements, product
development projects, patent analysis projects, seminars and research reports.
As a result, we have developed an in-depth knowledge and understanding of
nearly every facet of Bluetooth/IEEE 802.15.1 networks and devices.
We regularly
assist law firms and corporate clients in defending against and asserting
claims of patent infringement and patent validity. Our patent analysis services
include:
Our Bluetooth patent analysis,
consulting, and research services have addressed:
- Bluetooth Radio Signaling
(modulation and encoding)
- Frequency-hopping spread
spectrum (FHSS)
- Gaussian frequency-shift
keying (GFSK), p/4-DQPSK and 8DPSK
- Bluetooth Standards
Organizations including Bluetooth SIG and Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards
- Bluetooth Network Technologies,
Architectures, Standards and Profiles
- IEEE 802.15.1
- Core Version 4.0
- Core Version 3.0 + HS
- Core Specification Addendum
(CSA) 1
- Core Version 2.1 + EDR
- Volume 4: HCI Transports
- Core Version 2.0 + EDR
- Profiles, Services,
Protocols and Transports
- Bluetooth Devices, Terminals
& Phones
Patent Infringement Analysis and Patent
Validity Analysis
As a result of
our ongoing consulting, research and analysis in Bluetooth we are qualified to
help you:
- Defend and counter a claim of
infringement against your company
- Identify other patents or
products that infringe your patents
- Identify Bluetooth standards
(and the products and systems that incorporate these standards) that infringe
your patents
Our Patent
Infringement Analysis and Patent Validity Analysis programs address three
aspects of patent infringement and validity:
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Determine if a client’s patent, product or service infringes
a competitor’s* patent |
Determine if a competitor’s patent, product or service
infringes a client’s patent |
Determine if any Bluetooth standard(s) infringes a client’s
patent |
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This
program consists of the following elements:
Determine
if the competitor’s patent is valid, based on an analysis of
corresponding/related patents and products at the time the subject patent was
granted. This analysis will:
- Determine the extent to
which the competitor’s claims, capabilities, technologies, and features
were novel, or were obvious in light of the state of the art, at the time
patented.
- Determine if the
competitor’s claims, capabilities, technologies, and features in question
does or does not in fact practice the patent.
- Evaluate the technical
merits of the claims and technologies of the competitor’s patent to
determine if they are applied in a meaningful way to the patent’s
product/service.
- Examine the
competitor’s patent claims for accuracy and completeness.
- Determine whether the
patent holder is infringing any patent rights belonging to the
client.
Determine
if the key claims, capabilities, technologies, and features identified as
infringing by the competitor exist in, match, or are equivalent** to those in
the client’s accused patent, product, or service.
Determine
to what extent any infringement exists (literal or equivalent) and what type
(direct, indirect, or contributory) by performing a
claim-by-claim/technology/
feature/capability evaluation. |
This
program consists of the following elements:
Identify
competitor’s patents, products, or services that may contain/use any of
the client’s patent key claims, capabilities, technologies, and features.
Include in this analysis the competitor’s technical and product
literature, brochures, advertisements, promotional material, user guides,
product packaging, and related web sites.
Identify
the key technologies, features, and capabilities in each of the
competitor’s patents, products, or services that closely match or are
equivalent to the client’s patent key claims, capabilities, technologies,
and features.
Determine
to what extent any infringement exists (literal or equivalent) and what type
(direct, indirect, or contributory) by performing a
claim-by-claim/
technology/feature/
capability
evaluation. |
This
program consists of the following elements:
Identify
Bluetooth standards that may contain/use any of the client’s patent key
claims, capabilities, technologies, and features.
Identify
the key technologies, features, and capabilities in each standard that closely
match or are equivalent to the client’s patent key claims, capabilities,
technologies, and features.
Determine
to what extent any infringement exists (literal or equivalent) and what type
(direct, indirect, or contributory) by performing a
claim-by-claim/
technology/feature/
capability evaluation |
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The typical deliverable from these programs is a report
and/or presentation (privately, at deposition and trial) that includes claims
charts (proof packages), infringement and validity arguments
Our report/presentation provides a detailed
technical analysis of the patent or device in question, interpretation of the
patent and review of the claims. It presents the hard evidence needed to prove
or disprove patent or product infringement or validity in an easy to read,
understandable format. We deliver our reports on time and in a format suited to
our clients’ needs.
- In a claim chart, patent
claims are parsed and placed into an easy-to-read two-column format. The left
column contains the parsed patent claim. The right column contains a detailed
explanation of the target, corresponding to the claim.
- Each claim element is
color-coded to identify corresponding parts or processes shown in a photograph
or explained in a data sheet.
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* Or
any other entity or person
** Performing substantially the same function, in
substantially the same way, to achieve substantially the same result as the
claimed invention. |
Patent Valuation Analysis
In addition to
our Patent Infringement and Patent Validity services, we are qualified to
determine if any of your patents contain technologies or capabilities that
other companies may be interested in licensing or purchasing. Through our
Patent Valuation Service, we will:
- Identify the patent’s
technologies or capabilities that may be valuable to a potential licensee or
purchaser.
- Perform a Patent Infringement
Analysis to insure the patent in question does not infringe on any other
patent.
- Perform a Patent Validity
Analysis to evaluate the quality, novelty, and technical merits of the claims
and technologies of the patent and determine if they are applied in a
meaningful way to the patent’s product/service.
- Qualify and quantify the
potential market value of a product/service developed from the specific patent
and its technologies or capabilities.
Patent Consultations, Examinations and Infringement
Avoidance programs
In addition to
our Patent Infringement Analysis, Patent Validity Analysis, and Patent
Valuation Analysis Services we offer:
- Consultations on Patent
Infringement Avoidance
- A patent infringement
avoidance program provides a comprehensive evaluation of the client's product
or process. It may include evaluations of alternatives to the client's current
products or processes and identify patent validity issues.
- Patentability
Examinations
- This program examines
questions of priority of invention and questions of patentability between a
pending patent application and one or more unexpired patents and/or
applications claiming the same subject matter.
- Patent Reexaminations
- This program addresses the
issue of patentability of one or more claims of an issued patent in view of
prior art patents and printed publications.
Scope
Our work in
patent infringement and patent validity is limited to technical and business
analysis of communications technologies, networks, standards, spectrum,
devices, phones, services, markets, business and billing practices. Thus the
patent services described here and our work product only address the technical
aspects of a patent’s infringement and/or validity. By itself, it cannot
be used as an Infringement Opinion letter, Invalidity Opinion letter, or
Unenforceability Opinion letter. These opinion letters can only be produced by
a licensed attorney specializing in Patent and Intellectual Property
law. While we serve both law firms and
corporate clients, we primarily limit our work to patents involving mobile,
cellular and wireless technologies, networks, standards, business practices,
products and services. We will however, be happy to discuss patents involving
other telecommunications products and services.
Management
Our Patent Infringement Analysis,
Patent Validity Analysis, and Patent Valuation Analysis Services are headed by
Jerry Kaufman, the president of Alexander Resources. In addition to managing
all patent projects, he directly manages the research and production of all
reports and testimony. He personally testifies at trial and
depositions.
Please refer to Mr. Kaufman's
biography for additional
information on his background and capabilities.
For a confidential review of your requirements please
contact Jerry Kaufman at 972-818-8225 or via e-mail at
JKaufman@AlexanderResources.com
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