Recovery from Intellectual Property Theft -- HEI Consultants

Theft of a company's intellectual property is an all too common occurrence. IP, including technological trade secrets, product designs, customer lists, distribution channel details, third-party licensed IP, industrial designs, price discount schedules, and marketing collateral, might be providing your company's competition with a competitive advantage — based on your company's competitive advantages! Theft of intellectual property may be associated with a breach of an employment contract by employees or former employees, or the competition may be making use of a company's fundamental technology without paying royalties.

HEI staff have successfully served as consulting and testifying expert witnesses on behalf of plaintiffs in theft of intellectual property lawsuits. As part of related discovery, we carry out in-depth forensic audits of technical and non-technical evidentiary information — from e-mails and credit card statements to computer code and schematic diagrams. Our technical expertise relates especially to communications technologies, including audio and video coding and compression, video-on-demand, broadcasting (including DBS), videoconferencing, audio conferencing, multimedia conferencing, VoIP, user interfaces; most communications technologies making use of digital signal processors (DSPs) and computer source code, plus terrestrial and satellite communications systems.

HEI staff have met court-mandated standards for expert witnesses and are prepared to act as consulting and/or testifying experts. Working closely with a company's legal counsel and within the terms of any applicable court orders, we have provided forensic analysis of both plaintiff's and defendant's evidence and IP, examining the full range of hardware and documentary evidence, from computer source code to internal and external correspondence. Our thorough, cogent synthesis has provided very positive results for a number of clients.

Our staff are familiar with common litigation support software such as Summation Blaze and WinVzn, and are guided by the attorneys preparing the case with regard to legal aspects specific to the case and jurisdiction.