Mahdi Eslamimehr, PhD, MBA

VP of Emerging Tech Due Diligence

Dr. Mahdi Eslamimehr is an award-winning scientist and a senior tech executive in the software product and service industry. He has years of experience in leading tech companies around the world, including Ericsson R&D Center, Samsung Electronics R&D Labs, SAP Research Lab, Y Combinator Research, and Clarity Global. Additionally, he participated in several prestigious international research collaborations.

Furthermore, he has taught in universities and research institutes, including UCLA, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Joseph Fourier University, and Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble.

Dr. Eslamimehr now serves as an expert witness in IT and computer-related litigation, such as patent and intellectual property infringement, breach-of-contract, and software disputes.

Summary of Qualifications

Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
MBA degree from the London School of Economy and Political Science (LSE).
Two Postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA and Viewpoints Research Institute.
Master’s degree in Computer Science from Linköping University, Sweden.
Served as a testifying and consulting expert in more than thirty cases, including patent infringements, trade secret theft, breach of contract, copyrights.
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.
His award-winning research and academic papers were recognized and received numerous citations.
Served as a program committee member in top conferences and discussion panels.
Years of experience in executive management as a CTO of large-scale companies with regional headquarters across several time zones.

Areas of Expertise

Smartphone applications and wireless devices
iOS (Swift and SwiftUI) Android (Java and Kotlin)
Programming and software development
Java(J2SE, J2EE), C/C++, C#, Objective C, .NET (Core), Python, Perl, PHP, Scala, OCAML (ML), SmallTalk, Racket, Elf, Coq, R, Cobol, Erland
Hardware programming
Assembly (x86), Verilog, VHDL
Internet services, websites, and web applications
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, AJAX, JSP, Node.js, Ruby and Ruby on Rails
Databases
RDBMS, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB
Operating systems and servers
Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Cloud servers and virtual computing
Amazon, Azure, Google Cloud
Telecom and Networking and protocols
SNMP, TCP/IP, HTTP, IMAP/POP/SMTP, DNS, Wifi/802.11, OSS/BSS, 2G/3G/4G/5G, VoIP, Data, Voice.
Litigation support
- computer expert witness services
- writing testimony
- 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
- metadata analysis

Litigation Experience

Bit Reactor v. Reaktor Group Oy | Jan 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Counsel: Gerard Fox Law
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Wildseed Mobile, LLC v.Google LLC | Jan 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent Infringement
BagCam LLC v. Ristich LLC | Jan 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: Ramey Litigation Group
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Nation Info Corporation v. Karl Rink | Jan 2023 –Present
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: Structure Law Group
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
FastTrac Transportation, LLC v. Pedigree Technologies, LLC | Jan 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota
Counsel: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
CommScope, Inc v. Rosenberg Technology Co. Ltd | Nov 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Counsel: King & Wood Mallesons LLP
Nature of Suit: Trade Secrets
Content Engine, LLC v. Rumble USA, Inc | Nov 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York
Counsel: Burk, Williams, Sorensen LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
CG3 Media, LLC v. Belleau Technologies, LLC | Sept 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for Middle District of Florida
Counsel: Radulescu LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
HowLink Global LLC v. Verizon, Corp.; ATT Corp. | July 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Texas
Counsel: LTL Attorneys
Nature of Suit: Patent
OpenText Corporation v. Softil, Inc | July 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: Vedder Price
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
ClubReady LLC v. Xponential Fitness et al. | June 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
1-800 Hansons LLC v. Rightpoint Consulting LLC | May 2022–Sept 2022
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: Honigman LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Broadband iTV, Inc v. Comcast Corporation; Comcast Cable Communications, LLC;
NBCUniversal Media, LLC; Charter Communications, Inc; Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC; Spectrum Management Holding Company, LLC; Altice USA, Inc; CSC Holdings, LLC; Cablevision Systems Corp. | Apr 2022–Sept 2022
Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Video Labs, Inc v. Dell Technologies Inc and Dell Inc | Apr 2022–Jan 2023
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for Western District of Texas
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Mbyte Tech Hong Kong Limited v. AdShoppers, Inc d/b/a Minty.com | Mar 2022–Apr 2022
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for Western District of North Carolina
Counsel: Bayramoglu Law
Nature of Suit: Trademark
M. Lahatte and The Lahatte Company v. S. Smith, and TopCoat Holdings, LLC | Feb 2022–Mar 2021
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: Bishop & Mills
Nature of Suit: Trademark
JK Soft, Inc v. Innoas, Inc | Feb 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Counsel: Choi Law Group
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret and Copyright
Ventive LLC v. Title Pipe, Inc | Nov 2021–Feb 2021
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: Mooney Wieland
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Chetu, Inc v. Bodies Done Right, LLC d/b/a/ Health 360 | Oct 2021–Dec 2021
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court, County of Broward, State of Florida
Counsel: Lampert Law Firm
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Express Mobile, Inc v. Google LLC | Aug 2021–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent Infringement
Infoshare Systems, Inc v. La Telugu LLC | Aug 2021–June 2022
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Orange
Counsel: Curat Lex, Inc
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Burhaan Saleh v. Nike, Inc et al | Aug 2021–Dec 2021
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Central District of California
Counsel: Bursor and Fisher PA
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Bridge IT Consulting, Inc v. Join Digital, Inc | Aug 2021–Aug 2021
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
Counsel: Finestone Hayes LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Centripetal Networks, Inc v. Palo Alto Networks, Inc | July 2021–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Counsel: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Trevera Solutions, Inc v. Semtech Corporation | Feb 2016–July 2016
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Orange
Counsel: Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
Global Equity Management (SA) PTY. Ltd v. alibaba.com, Inc,
Alibaba group holding Ltd | Jan 2016–July 2016
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel: Ramey & Schwaller, LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Internap Corporation v. Noction, Inc | Dec 2015–Mar 2016
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Counsel: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Ericsson Inc v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings, Ltd | Dec 2015–July 2016
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Counsel: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Fitbit Inc v. Jawbone Inc | Oct 2015–July 2016
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
T-Mobile USA, Inc v. Huawei DeviceUSA, Inc | Oct 2015–July 2016
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Counsel: Hueston Hennigan LLP
Nature of Suit: Trade Secrets
Tait Environmental Services Inc v. Pro TechnologyAutomation, Inc | Oct 2015–Mar 2016
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Orange
Counsel: Pettibone & Associates
Nature of Suit: Trade Secrets
Nicole, Inc v. B.L.K. International, Inc | Sept 2015–Oct 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Counsel: Greenberg & Bass LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Bryndon Fisher v. The United States of America | July 2015–July 2016
Jurisdiction: Pre-Litigation
Counsel: Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Chipp’d Ltd v. Crush & Lovely LLC | July 2015–Aug 2015
Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
Counsel: White and Williams LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Seymore Levine v. The Boeing Company | July 2015–July 2016
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent

Technical Due Diligence

EnoviQ Technology | Oct 2022
Technical Vetting
Technology: SaaS, AI/ML, Insurance
Foundation Partners Group | Oct 2022
Startup M&A
Technology: SaaS, B2B/B2C, Funeral Services
The Computing Technology Industry Association | July 2022–Sept 2022
Startup M&A
Technology: SaaS, B2B/B2C, E-Learning Platform
Hello Hive | July 2022–Sept 2022
Technical Vetting
Technology: SaaS, CRM
Parkland Health/Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation | May 2022–Sept 2022
Startup M&A
Technology: AI/ML/NLP, EHR
Lionard PTE, Ltd | Mar 2022
Startup M&A
Technology: Blockchain, Dynamic Document Management Systems
Tenex Capital Management | Mar 2022
Startup M&A
Technology: B2B/B2C, Digital Health
Schneider Electric | Dec 2021
Startup Investment
Technology: Electric Vehicles, SaaS
Setana Energy Ltd | Nov 2021
Startup Investment
Technology: Big Data Analytics, AI/ML, FMCG
Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG) | Nov 2021
Startup Investment
Technology: AI/ML, NLP, E-Commerce, and Media Content Management
Schneider Electric | Oct 2021
Startup Investment
Technology: Renewable Energy, SaaS
Tenex Capital Management | Sept 2022
Startup M&A
Technology: Lead Generation, AI/ML, Insurance, Real Estate

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Location

Mahdi is working in our Los Angeles office.

Practice Areas

LitigationLitigationTestifying and Consulting Expert

Due DiligenceArea of ExpertiseProgram Analysis

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Mahdi is a TMForum certified Digital Transformation practitioner and accomplished many Digital Maturity Model projects for different industry sectors.

Additionally, Mahdi filed Patent No. UC‑2014‑323‑1‑LA along with Jens Palsberg in 2013, regarding Race Directed Scheduling of Concurrent Programs.

Articles by Mahdi

Technical Due Diligence 9 Min Read

Identifying CyberSecurity Risk as Part of Technical Due Diligence

December 12, 2022 Written by Gordon MacKay, Anna Mathias, Mahdi Eslamimehr

We use SAST tools during our tech due diligence engagements to provide independent analysis of security risk and to help provide recommendations.

Technical Due Diligence 3 Min Read

Technical Due Diligence Checklist for Software Transactions

September 12, 2022 Written by Ali Khosh, Mahdi Eslamimehr

Technical due diligence is the process to better evaluate software and identify its strengths and weaknesses. TDD is a critical step in any software-centric transaction.

Software Testing 2 Min Read

Award Winning Research Conducted by Quandary Peak Experts

November 20, 2015 Written by Sam Malek, Mahdi Eslamimehr

Two Quandary Peak experts and their teams presented their latest research at the twenty-sixth International Symposium on Software Reliability and Engineering, one of the most accredited IEEE events.