Ray Chiang is a software systems expert and technologist with more than 15 years of experience in system engineering, video technologies, content distribution, digital media, and embedded systems. He has been involved in the development and management of consumer electronics industry standards such as HDMI and HDR10+ at Samsung, and Panasonic.
Ray currently serves as a consultant and source-code analyst in litigations, including patent and copyright infringement, and breach-of-contract matters. He is skilled in source code review and reverse-engineering. His role includes researching software architecture design and analysis.
Summary of Qualifications
Serving as a consultant and source-code analyst in several cases including patent infringement, copyright, ITC, and breach of contract cases.
Involved in development of consumer electronics standard HDR10+ at Samsung. Responsible for technical design and verification of display color technologies (WCG and HDR system, Color grading, and display calibration technologies).
Served as a technical liaison, officer, and board of directors, in digital media, video, and display technologies industry-standard bodies including HDR10+, HDMI forum, DECE, SCSA, Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA).
Led media player research & compliance program at Samsung. Based on embedded system development, reverse engineering, software decompiling and black-box testing. Partnered with major studios, and content production facilities to overcome interoperable problems in the market for all media player product lines of more than 50+ product models.
Led development team integrated Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on embedded systems (RTOS) for major cell phone manufacturers in Taiwan.
Internet and Web
REST, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript (full stack), jQuery, React.js, NodeJ.js, Next.js, Python, JSON, AJAX, PHP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), WordPress, Jekyll, Lightning
Video/Industry Standards
MPEG2-TS, MP4, MPEG-DASH, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), HDR10, HDR10+, MP4, H.264, H.265 (HEVC), HDMI, HDR Metadata (SMPTE-2084/2086/2094-40), HDMI, Blu-ray Disc Standards (BDA), Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), CableLabs, Society of Cable Telecommunications (SCTE)
Digital Media
Video Encoding/Decoding, Media Transcoding, Content Protection Encryption/Decryption, Content Delivery, Content Delivery Network (CDN), OpenGL, OpenCV, FFmpeg, Blu-ray Disc/DVD Authoring, UHD, Display Technologies, High Dynamic Range (HDR), HDR Tone Mapping, Picture Quality, Display Calibration, Color grading, Live Streaming
Database
MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle DB
Software Development
Git, Github, JIRA, Apache Subversion, CVS, Ant build, CMake
Operating Systems
Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, iOS, Windows, Android, WinCE
Other Software
Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, ColorFront Transkoder, Davinci Resolve, Calman, OBS
Litigation Support
Intellectual property and patent infringement, breach of contract, trade secret, ITC, software design/source code audit and review
Litigation Experience
MaddenCo, Inc. v. HG AutoTech LLC
Jurisdiction: S.D. Indiana
Case Number: 3:22-cv-00173-RLY-MPB
Counsel: Delk McNally LLP | Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright; Third-party Neutral
dmarcian, Inc. v. DMARC Advisor BV
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville
Case Number: 1:21−cv−00067−MR
Counsel: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Angel McDaniel and Constance Simon v. Home Box Office, Inc.
Jurisdiction: Southern District of New York
Case Number: 1:22-cv-01942
Counsel: The Samuel Law Firm
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Nextpulse, LLC v. Brunswick Corp.
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Case Number: CGC-18-571065
Counsel: Edelsberg Law, P.A.
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Compass Canteen Class Action
Jurisdiction: US District Court, Eastern Missouri
Case Number: 4:18-cv-01962-SEP
Counsel: Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos, LLP
Jennifer Waller v. Tampa Bay Times (Times Publishing Company)
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Case Number: 8:23-cv-00119
Counsel: Edelsberg Law, P.A.
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Melanie Barber v. Eisenhower Medical Center, Inc.
Jurisdiction: California Central District Court
Case Number: 5:23-cv-00250
Counsel: Edelsberg Law, P.A.
Nature of Suit: Class Action, Breach of Contract
Emma Mendoza v. WP Company LLC dba The Washington Post
Jurisdiction: U.S. District of Columbia Superior Court
Case Number: 2023CAB001101
Counsel: Edelsberg Law, P.A.
Nature of Suit: Class Action
K+S Potash Canada General Partnership v. Veolia Water Technologies Inc.
Jurisdiction: Court Of Queen’s Bench For Saskatchewan
Case #: QB No. 817 (filed 2018)
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Counsel: Stikeman Elliott LLP
Technology: Plant Design Management Systems (PDMS), Clash Detection, Database synchronization
Role: Source Code and Database Reviewer
Enigmatus, s.r.o. v. Playtika Ltd.
Jurisdiction: Federal Court of Ottawa
Court No. T-2085-16 (filed December 2, 2016)
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Counsel: Dipchand LLP
Technology: Mobile application development, gaming, Web Application Protocol, geolocation
Content Engines, LLC v. Rumble USA, Inc., & Rumble Inc.
Jurisdiction: Dist. Florida
Case No. 8:22-cv-01949 (filed August 24, 2022)
Nature of Suit: Patent Infringement
Counsel: Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP.
Technology: Content Delivery Network (CDN), video streaming, RAID storage
Broadband iTV v.
Comcast, NBC Universal, Charter, Spectrum, Altice, Cablevision
Case Number: 337-TA-1315
Jurisdiction: US International Trade Commission, Washington DC
Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
Taasera Licensing, LLC v. Trend Micro,
Check Point Software, Palo Alto Networks
Jurisdiction: US District Court Eastern District of Texas Marshall Division
Case Number: 2:22-CV-00062-JRG-RSP
Counsel: Fabricant LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
LKQ Corporation v. Overall Parts Solutions
Case Number: 2022-0036
Jurisdiction: Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware
Counsel: Jones Day
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Cryptocurrency Pre-Litigation Investigation
Jurisdiction: Federal (DOJ)
Nature of Suit: Criminal fraud and theft
Retained by: Defendant
Counsel: Todd & Weld LLP
Technology: Blockchain, smart contracts (TEAL assembly)
Pusztai v. Apple Inc
Case Number: 3:21-cv-7995
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Counsel: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright infringement
Espíritu Santo Holdings, LP & L1bre Holding, LLC v. United Mexican States
Jurisdiction: ICSID
Case No. ARB/20/13 – 20417 (filed September 17, 2021)
Nature of Suit: Investor-State Arbitration
Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Technology: Mobile phone applications, ride hailing services
Certain Vehicle Controls Systems, Vehicles Containing the Same, and Components Thereof
Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission (ITC)
Case Number: 337-TA-1235 (filed November 19, 2020)
Retained by: Volkswagen America
Counsel: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Nature of Suit: Patent Infringement
Technology: CAN bus communication of terrain selection data to vehicle suspension, breaking and transmission control subsystems (C++)
Autoscan GMBH, KHS Int’l. HLD. LTD v. Manitoba LTD D.B.A. DCC Hail
Case Number: T-359-20
Jurisdiction: Federal Court of Montréal, Quebec
Counsel: Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright infringement
Graphite Software Corporation v. Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd
Case Number: HKIAC/A20096
Counsel: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Express Mobile, Inc v. Facebook, Inc
Case Number: 6:20-cv-00803
Jurisdiction: Western District Of Texas
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
HLFIP Holdings, Inc D.B.A. Smart Communications IP Holdings v. York County, Pennsylvania; York County Prison
Case Number: 1:20-cv-00186-CCC
Jurisdiction: Middle district of Pennsylvania
Counsel: Baker & Hostetler LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
Artec Europe S.A.R.L. v. Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co., Ltd
Case Number: 1:2022cv01676
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of New York
Counsel: Munck Wilson Mandala
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
Jaguar Land Rover v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc
Case Number: 337-TA-1235
Jurisdiction: United States International Trade Commission Washington, D.C
Counsel: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
Palmetto Solar, LLC v. Dvinci Energy, Inc, and Walid Halty
Case Number: 2020-0920-JTL
Jurisdiction: Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
Counsel: Ray & Counsel, P.C.
Nature of Suit: Breach of contract
Zeta Global Corp. v. Maropost Marketing Cloud, Inc
Case Number: 1:20-cv-03951
Jurisdiction: Southern District of New York
Counsel: Newman Du Wors LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
FinancialApps, LLC v. Envestnet, Inc, and Yodlee, Inc
Case Number: 19-cv-01337
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel: Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of contract
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