George Edwards, PhD

Summary of Qualifications

• Served as a software expert in more than thirty cases, including over twenty-five patent infringement cases.
• Has been deposed as an expert witness multiple times, including in copyright, trade secret, and patent infringement cases.
• Has authored numerous expert reports in intellectual property cases and other types of cases.
• Has been retained and provided expert opinions on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.
• Has served as an expert in International Trade Commission (ITC) investigations and USPTO patent re-examinations and IPRs, in addition to federal and state court cases.
• Holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from USC, an M.S. in Computer Science from USC, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University.
• Authored dozens of articles and papers related to software engineering for scientific journals and industry magazines.
• Delivered numerous invited lectures, seminars, and technology demonstrations at computer science conferences and software industry events.
• Served as a panelist at technology forums and symposia, acted as a reviewer for journals and magazines, and been a committee member for academic conferences.
• Received multiple awards for exceptional research achievement in the field of computer science.
• Worked as a software engineer at Boeing and IBM.
• Teaches both undergraduate and graduate-level courses on software engineering at the University of Southern California.

Areas of Expertise

• Wireless devices and mobile apps

  Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, BlackBerry OS, Qualcomm Brew, Palm OS, Java ME

• Programming and software development

  Java, C/C++, C#, XML, Eclipse, Visual Studio, SlickEdit, .NET, WPF

• Internet applications and websites

  Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET

• Digital multimedia

  MPEG, JPEG, vector graphics, Silverlight, Flash, digital video recorders (DVRs) and set-top boxes, digital cameras

• Databases

  RDBMS, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, PostgreSQL

• Operating systems and servers

  Linux, Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, Apache

• Networking and protocols

  TCP/IP, HTTP, IMAP/POP/SMTP, DNS, GSM/CDMA/LTE, Wifi/802.11

• Litigation support

  Intellectual property and patent infringement, software design/source code inspection and review, expert witness testimony at trials and depositions, breach-of-contract and non-performance claims, computer forensics, data recovery, and metadata analysis

Litigation Experience

• Synca Direct Inc. v. Scil Animal Care Company and Vet Novations, Inc.

  Mar 2016 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
  Counsel: White and Williams LLP
  Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract

• TiVo, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al.

  Mar 2016 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Irell & Manella LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Fujinomaki v. Google Inc., et al.

  Feb 2016 – Mar 2016
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Backflip Software, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

  Feb 2016 – Present
  Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
  Counsel: Hosie Rice LLP
  Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract

• Cellular Communications Equipment, LLC v. HTC Corporation and ZTE Corp.

  Dec 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Ericsson Inc., et al. v TCL Communication Technology Holdings, Ltd., et al.

  Sept 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Chipp’d Ltd. v. Crush & Lovely LLC

  Jul 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
  Counsel: White and Williams LLP
  Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract

• Seymore Levine v. The Boeing Company

  Jul 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Global Cash Access, Inc. v. NRT Technology Corp. et al.

  Jul 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Anthony Johnson v. Storix, Inc.

  Jun 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  Counsel: Eastman & McCartney LLP
  Nature of Suit: Copyright

• Custom Media Technologies LLC v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al.

  Apr 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
  Counsel: Freitas Angell & Weinberg LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Huricks et al. v. Shopkick, Inc.

  Apr 2015 – Aug 2015
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  Counsel: Newman DuWors, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

• Fox Television Stations, Inc. v FilmOn X, LLC, et al.

  Mar 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  Counsel: Baker Marquart LLP
  Nature of Suit: Copyright

• e-Watch, Inc. et al. v. ZTE Solutions, Inc., ZTE (USA) Inc. and ZTE Corp.

  Mar 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Novatel Wireless, Inc., et al. v. ZTE Corp. and ZTE (USA) Inc.

  Jan 2015 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Essociate, Inc. v. Clickbooth.com, LLC

  Oct 2014 – Feb 2015
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  Counsel: Newman DuWors, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Adaptix, Inc. v. ZTE Corporation, ZTE Solutions, Inc., and ZTE (USA) Inc.

  Sep 2014 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• VStream Technologies, LLC v. ZTE Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc., et al.

  Sep 2014 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• State of California v. Burlena King

  Aug 2014 – Sep 2014
  Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
  Counsel: Law Offices of the Los Angeles County Public Defender
  Nature of Suit: Criminal

• Hill-Rom Company, Inc., et al. v. General Electric Company

  Jul 2014 – Sep 2014
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  Counsel: Schiff Hardin LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Personal Audio LLC v. ZTE Corporation, et al.

  Jul 2014 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Yardi Systems, Inc. v. Property Solutions International, Inc.

  May 2014 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  Counsel: Morrison & Foerster, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Copyright and Trade Secret

• AgJunction, LLC v. Agrian, Inc. et al.

  Apr 2014 – Feb 2015
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
  Counsel: Husch Blackwell LLP
  Nature of Suit: Copyright and Trade Secret

• Davies v. L.A. Checker Cab

  Apr 2014 – Present
  Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
  Counsel: Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett
  Nature of Suit: Negligence

• Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,466,795

  Feb 2014 – Jul 2014
  Jurisdiction: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Certain Wireless Devices, Including Mobile Phones And Tablets II

  Feb 2014 – Jul 2014
  Jurisdiction: U.S. International Trade Commission
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Pragmatus Mobile, LLC v. ZTE Corporation

  Feb 2014 – Jul 2014
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
  Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Intellectual Ventures, LLC v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, et al.
  Intellectual Ventures, LLC v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., et al.
  Intellectual Ventures, LLC v. Nextel Operations, Inc., et al.
  Intellectual Ventures, LLC v. United States Cellular Corporation

  Oct 2013 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
  Counsel: Dechert LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Front Row Technologies, LLC v. NBA Media Ventures, LLC, et al.

  Oct 2013 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
  Counsel: Shore Chan DePumpo LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. v. HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc.

  Dec 2013 – Feb 2014
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
  Counsel: Desmarais LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Certain Portable Electronic Communications Devices, Including Mobile Phones and Components Thereof

  Aug 2013 – Feb 2014
  Jurisdiction: U.S. International Trade Commission
  Counsel: Desmarais LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• SecurityBase.com v. Jeffrey Essick, et al.

  Aug 2013 – Present
  Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Orange
  Counsel: Younesi & Yoss, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Trade Secrets

• Nokia Corp. and Intellisync Corp. v. HTC, HTC America, Inc., and Exedea, Inc.

  Feb 2013 – Sept 2013
  Jurisdiction: United States International Trade Commission
  Counsel: Desmarais LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Certain Electronic Devices, Including Mobile Phones and Tablet Computers, and Components Thereof

  Feb 2013 – May 2013
  Jurisdiction: U.S. International Trade Commission
  Counsel: Desmarais LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Porto Technology Co., Ltd. v. Verizon Wireless

  Sept 2012 – Present
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  Counsel: Fox Rothschild LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Essociate, Inc. v. Neverblue Media, Inc.

  Sept 2012 – July 2013
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  Counsel: Newman DuWors, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Flashpoint Technology, Inc. v. ZTE Corporation

  Aug 2012 – Oct 2013
  Jurisdiction: United States International Trade Commission
  Counsel: Goodwin Procter LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Certain Electronic Imaging Devices

  Aug 2012 – Mar 2013
  Jurisdiction: U.S International Trade Commission
  Counsel: Goodwin Procter LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Essociate, Inc. v. Azoogle.com, Inc. and Epic Media Group, Inc.

  Nov 2012 – Sept 2013
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  Counsel: Newman DuWors, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• MobileMedia Ideas, LLC v. HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc.

  July 2012 – May 2013
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Desmarais LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• John Doe v. Passageway School

  Oct 2012 – Dec 2012
  Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura
  Counsel: Stone & Hiles, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Negligence

• Golden Archer Investments, LLC v. SkyNet Financial Systems, LLC

  July 2012 – Dec 2012
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  Counsel: Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
  Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract

• Inter Partes Re-examination of U.S. Patent No. 7,702,669

  May 2012 – July 2012
  Jurisdiction: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  Counsel: Hickman Palermo Truong Becker Bingham Wong LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• Denise Black v. Prowess, Inc.

  March 2012 – May 2012
  Jurisdiction: State of New York, Supreme Court, County of Ontario
  Counsel: Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, PC
  Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract

• Essociate, Inc. v. Direct ROI, LLC

  March 2012 – Aug 2012
  Jurisdiction: California Central District Court
  Counsel: Newman DuWors, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent

• EchoStar Technologies, Corp. v. TiVo Inc. and Humax USA, Inc.

  March 2011 – April 2011
  Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Counsel: Morrison & Foerster, LLP
  Nature of Suit: Patent