Intellectual Property Consulting

Thought leadership

Four Strategies for Navigating IP Disputes & Related Claims

How do Exponent's consultants provide unparalleled technical support for intellectual property disputes?

At Exponent, we are unique in our ability to provide best-in-class engineering and scientific intellectual property consulting across industries, products, and domain-specific applications. With an unmatched breadth of technical expertise, our experts in computer science, electrical engineering, civil and structural engineering, metallurgical and corrosion engineering, health sciences, biomechanics, mechanical engineering, thermal science, data analytics, human factors, chemistry, electrochemistry, and more offer industry clients and intellectual property attorneys end-to-end support for complex IP disputes.

Exponent's state-of-the-art laboratories, advanced technical and scientific analytical methods, and evidence-based insights give stakeholders the information needed to develop the strongest legal arguments, rooted in technical facts. Through objective expert reports, declarations, and oral testimony in disputes involving patent infringement, patent validity, claim interpretation, prior art, trade dress, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights, our multidisciplinary teams make complex technical topics easy to understand for judges, juries, and arbitrators and provide expert opinions that meet the highest levels of technical scrutiny and cross-examination.

Capabilities

Attorneys and industry clients turn to Exponent for the toughest IP challenges and disputes. Our services include:

We help clients and their attorneys navigate complex patent infringement litigation, from preliminary infringement assessments identification of claim requirements to complete product and patent validity analysis, rigorous infringement assessments, the drafting of infringement declarations, and trial support, including assistance in depositions of opposing parties, the preparation of trial demonstratives and pre-trial motions, and objective courtroom testimony.
Our multidisciplinary teams support clients across industries with rigorous testing and analysis in complex trade secret disputes to determine whether processes, devices, formulas, or designs were derived from confidential information. Leveraging state-of-the-art labs and decades of experience with computer-aided design (CAD) file analysis and other advanced investigative approaches, our forensic experts help clients and their lawyers uncover and document evidence, construct claims, provide compelling evidence in injunction filings and motions, support discovery requests and depositions of opposing parties, and provide independent, objective analysis as technical experts in court testimony.
In mergers, acquisitions, and IP disputes, Exponent's technical consultants help clients, attorneys, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and courts understand the financial value of intellectual property assets. We perform technical due diligence for assets including patents for software, electronics, consumer products, biotech, drugs, therapies, medical devices, chemicals, energy storage systems, and more.