Intellectual Property

David Perry has over 20 years of experience calculating damages in intellectual property disputes. David has worked on many cases involving patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. David has performed numerous calculations of plaintiffs’ lost profits, defendants’ gained profits and reasonable royalties.

Examples of David’s intellectual property experience include:

In a patent case involving email technology, David issued an expert report and provided testimony explaining (i) errors in the opposing expert’s damage calculation and (ii) the appropriate way to calculate damages. David’s expert report and opinions formed the basis of a successful motion to exclude against the opposing expert.

In a patent case involving successful casino table games, David issued an expert report and provided testimony on the plaintiff’s damages. The court awarded damages in the exact amount shown in David’s expert report.

In a patent case involving internet search technologies, David issued multiple expert reports on damages suffered by the patent holder as a result of alleged infringement by an industry-leading internet search provider.

In a patent case involving a product renewal method used by an industry-leading web services provider, David issued multiple expert reports. David’s expert reports identified errors in the opposing expert’s damage calculations and described the appropriate way to calculate damages.

In two patent and trade secret cases involving golf tee time booking systems, David issued an expert report and determined the damages suffered by the intellectual property owners.

In a copyright case involving software used by major electronic payment processors, David issued multiple expert reports and provided testimony. David’s expert reports identified errors in the opposing expert’s calculations and explained his own damage assessment.

In a copyright and trade secret case involving software used in online courses offered by two Silicon Valley companies, David issued multiple expert reports and provided testimony. David’s expert reports identified errors in the opposing expert’s calculations and explained his own damage assessment.

In a copyright case involving alleged unauthorized copying by a law firm, David issued an expert report discussing the revenues received by the law firm from the alleged improper acts.

In a trademark case involving online and brick and mortar sales by an industry leading tire and wheel retailer, David issued four reports and provided testimony. David’s expert reports identified errors in the opposing expert’s calculations and explained his own damage assessments.

In a trade secret case involving two large insurance brokers, David issued an expert report. David’s expert report identified errors in the opposing expert’s calculations and explained his own damage assessments.

Other intellectual property disputes that David has worked on involve such items as golf clubs, agricultural equipment, casino slot machines, outdoor patio products, pest control products, quality improvement methodologies, office products, health products, software products, mining industry equipment, and customer lists.