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Dr. Tal Lavian holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, specializing in network communications. 35+ years as a scientist, educator, and technologist; 20 years researching, studying, and lecturing at UC Berkeley; Industry Fellow and Lecturer at UC Berkeley's College of Engineering.   90+ cases · 60+ depositions · 8+ trial testimonies · 100+ patents supported in IP litigation · 120+ patents as inventor · 60+ pro-se prosecuted · 25+ peer-reviewed publications 

Areas of Expertise:

Telecommunications  - Computer Networks - Network Communications - Internet Protocols (TCP/IP) - VoIP - Streaming Media - Mobile Wireless: Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11), Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15), cellular, routing and switching (MPLS, BGP, OSPF), network security, streaming media, and network management (SNMP) expert witness. 

• Network Communications: TCP/IP suite, TCP, UDP, IP, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), SNMP, packet switching, network architecture
• Mobile Wireless: Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11), Bluetooth (IEEE 802.11), Wireless LAN (WLAN), cellular systems, SMS, mobile devices
• Internet/Cloud: HTTP, web applications, cloud computing, distributed computing
• Routing/Switching: LAN, WAN, VPN, VLAN, LAG, ARP, DHCP, DNS, quality of service (QoS).
• Network Protocols: IPv4, IPv6, RIP, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, multicast
• VoIP/Streaming Media: SIP, RTP, H.323, PSTN, circuit switching, SS7, WebRTC, video/audio conferencing.
• Network Security: Firewalls, VPN, IPSec, SSL/TLS, deep packet inspection, L4-7 switching, NAC
• Network Management: NMS, SNMP, device management, OSS, alarm systems
• Communication Standards: IEEE, IETF, ITU, ISO

Case Experience:

Dr. Lavian has served as an expert in over 90 patent cases involving more than 100 patents. He has provided reports and testimony in U.S. federal district courts, state courts, the USPTO PTAB (IPR, CBM, PGR, ex parte reexamination, interference), the ITC, and international courts. Cases have involved Apple, Google, Facebook (Meta), Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Arista Networks, Ericsson, T-Mobile, Samsung, LinkedIn, Huawei, Netflix, Broadcom, SAP, and others. 

While at UC Berkeley, Dr. Lavian conducted research projects in data centers (RAD Labs), network communication service architecture (SAHARA), and wireless systems (ICEBERG); he also served as an industry fellow and lecturer at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) and as a scientific liaison between Nortel Research Lab and UC Berkeley. Dr. Lavian was also part of UC Berkeley's SkyDeck start-ups, where he worked on technology research and implementation. 

Credentials:

• Inventor of over 120 U.S. patents; over 60 prosecuted pro se
• 20 years UC Berkeley - 10+ years Nortel Research. 
• Over 25 peer-reviewed publications in IEEE and ACM
• Principal Investigator on three DARPA projects
• IEEE Senior Member
• Nortel Networks Principal Scientist

About Dr. Lavian

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Dr. Lavian's Expertise

Tony Mason has 42 years of experience in Software Development, mostly consulting with companies to find novel and useful ways to build new or improve existing products. He has extensive experience in providing "knowledge transfer" activities, such as clearly written documents and focused education. 

Consulting Services - Mr. Mason provides software development in Computer Operating Systems environments ("kernel development") including UNIX, Linux, and Windows, with an emphasis on storage technologies, particularly file systems. 

Typical customers are usually clients interested in developing products requiring specialized operating systems functionality and/or understanding. Mr. Mason's usual involvement to achieve the client's goals in a reasonable period of time include:

• Constructing Software Architecture
• Constructing a Corresponding Design
• Constructing a Focused Development Plan 

Mr.  Mason has worked with multiple operating systems including Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux. He is the author of two books, including, Windows NT Device Driver Development, several peer-reviewed papers, and numerous non-peer-reviewed publications. 

Mr. Mason is the primary inventor on 12 patents:

View Mr. Tony Mason's Expert Witness Profile.

Bruce Weiner is an expert in technology, product development, and software engineering with 37 years of experience applying industry-standard design, testing, and post-deployment evaluation methods to determine whether technology products and features achieve their stated objectives.

Through Weiner.net LLC, he has been retained in 25 matters since 2011 across U.S. District Courts, PTAB, state courts, AAA, and NAA arbitration, and a NYC administrative proceeding. Nine depositions. Three trial and hearing appearances — one AAA arbitration trial, one NAA arbitration trial, and one NYC administrative hearing. Three trials are scheduled in 2026 in federal and state courts. Expert declarations cited by name in Federal Circuit opinion, 986 F.3d 1367. Retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel.

Representative matters span gig-economy platform governance, airline and loyalty-program technology, e-commerce and affiliate systems, banking software, AI-weighted model evaluation, SDLC/PDLC governance, and billing substantiation. Opinions anchored to ISO/IEC 12207, ISO 31000, ISO/IEC 25010, IEEE 730, and ISO/IEC 42001.

Since 2012, progressive technology leadership roles at a large financial services institution, most recently Vice President and Chief Product Owner. Princeton BSE, Magna Cum Laude. ACM and IEEE member. Federal Top Secret Security Clearance — DCSA Tier 5 Investigation (Active).