Mahdi Eslamimehr - Senior Software Consultant

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

Litigation Experience

  • Bit Reactor v. Reaktor Group Oy
    Jurisdiction: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    Counsel: Gerard Fox Law
    Nature of Suit: Trademark
  • Wildseed Mobile, LLC v.Google LLC
    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
    Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
    Counsel: Ramey Litigation Group
    Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
  • Nation Info Corporation v. Karl Rink
    Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
    Counsel: Structure Law Group
    Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
  • FastTrac Transportation, LLC v. Pedigree Technologies, LLC
    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
    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
    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
    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.
    Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel: LTL Attorneys
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • OpenText Corporation v. Softil, Inc
    Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
    Counsel: Vedder Price
    Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
  • ClubReady LLC v. Xponential Fitness et al.
    Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
    Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
  • 1-800 Hansons LLC v. Rightpoint Consulting LLC
    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.

    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
    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
    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
    Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
    Counsel: Bishop & Mills
    Nature of Suit: Trademark
  • JK Soft, Inc v. Innoas, Inc
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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

    Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Counsel: Ramey & Schwaller, LLP
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Internap Corporation v. Noction, Inc
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Orange
    Counsel: Pettibone & Associates
    Nature of Suit: Trade Secrets
  • Nicole, Inc v. B.L.K. International, Inc
    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
    Jurisdiction: Pre-Litigation
    Counsel: Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP
    Nature of Suit: Class Action
  • Chipp’d Ltd v. Crush & Lovely LLC
    Jurisdiction: American Arbitration Association
    Counsel: White and Williams LLP
    Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
  • Seymore Levine v. The Boeing Company
    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
    Technical Vetting
    Technology: SaaS, AI/ML, Insurance
  • Foundation Partners Group
    Startup M&A
    Technology: SaaS, B2B/B2C, Funeral Services
  • The Computing Technology Industry Association
    Startup M&A
    Technology: SaaS, B2B/B2C, E-Learning Platform
  • Hello Hive
    Technical Vetting
    Technology: SaaS, CRM
  • Parkland Health/Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation
    Startup M&A
    Technology: AI/ML/NLP, EHR
  • Lionard PTE, Ltd
    Startup M&A
    Technology: Blockchain, Dynamic Document Management Systems
  • Tenex Capital Management
    Startup M&A
    Technology: B2B/B2C, Digital Health
  • Schneider Electric
    Startup Investment
    Technology: Electric Vehicles, SaaS
  • Setana Energy Ltd
    Startup Investment
    Technology: Big Data Analytics, AI/ML, FMCG
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    Startup Investment
    Technology: AI/ML, NLP, E-Commerce, and Media Content Management
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    Startup Investment
    Technology: Renewable Energy, SaaS
  • Tenex Capital Management
    Startup M&A
    Technology: Lead Generation, AI/ML, Insurance, Real Estate

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