Ray Chiang | Senior Software Consultant

Ray Chiang is a software systems expert and technologist with more than 20 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 senior 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.
Received his M.S. in Technology Management (MSBA) from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and B.S. in Computer Science from National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan).

Areas of Expertise

Programming
C/C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go lang, Perl, Python, PHP, SQL, Ruby
Network Protocol
TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, Serial Communication (RS-232/Bluetooth)
Java Technologies
J2SE, J2ME, BD-J, JVM, JVM certification (TCK), Java Native Interface (JNI), Swing/AWT, Tomcat, Spring Boot
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 Consulting

Deposition Solutions, LLC v. Agile Brains Consulting, Inc. | May 2026–Present
Jurisdiction: 129th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas
Case Number: 2024-45601
Counsel: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Qualia Labs, Inc. v. Settlor, Inc., Land Title Guarantee Company, et al. | May 2026–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Case Number: 1:24-cv-00133
Counsel: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret, Breach of Contract
Technology: Title Management System
Maxell, Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co. | Jan 2026–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Case Number: 5:25-cv-00052
Counsel: Mayer Brown LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent Infringement
Jolo Jobs, Inc. v. Tangocode, Inc. | Nov 2025–June 2026
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
Case Number: 2024L013978
Counsel: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Albert Daniel Tomassone, Vincent Demasi, et al. v. Wellspan Health | Aug 2025–Present
Jurisdiction: Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Case Number: CI-24-06194
Counsel: Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Confidential Technology Litigation | Feb 2025–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Pump Labs, Inc. v. Jiacheng Gui, et al. | Dec 2024–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Case Number: 8:24-cv-01910
Counsel: Law Office of Leeor Neta
Nature of Suit: Copyright, Trade Secret, Breach of Contract
GG Insurance Services, Inc. v. Myles Johnson, Insurance Group, LLC | Aug 2024–June 2026
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Case Number: 2:23-cv-01964
Counsel: Koley Jesson
Nature of Suit: Copyright, Trade Secret
Richard Chance v. Totem Technologies, Inc. | June 2024–Nov 2024
Jurisdiction: State of OK, District Court of Tulsa County
Case Number: CJ-2023-02533
Counsel: Actuate Law, LLC
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
Electronic Devices Including Smartphones, Computers, Tablet Computers, and Components Thereof | Dec 2023–Dec 2024
Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission (ITC)
Counsel: Alston & Bird LLP
Nature of Matter: Patent
Touchstream Technologies, Inc. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | Nov 2023–Mar 2024
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Case Number: 23-cv-00062
Counsel: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
MaddenCo, Inc. v. HG AutoTech LLC | Aug 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of 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 | Aug 2023–Present
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. | Aug 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the 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. | May 2023–Oct 2023
Jurisdiction: U.S. 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 | May 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Case Number: 4:18-cv-01962-SEP
Counsel: Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos, LLP
Jennifer Waller v. Tampa Bay Times (Times Publishing Company) | Apr 2023–May 2023
Jurisdiction: U.S. 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. | Apr 2023–May 2023
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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 | Apr 2023–May 2023
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Case Number: 2023CAB001101
Counsel: Edelsberg Law, P.A.
Nature of Suit: Class Action
K+S Potash Canada General Partnership v. Veolia Water Technologies Inc. | Mar 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: Court Of Queen’s Bench For Saskatchewan
Case Number: 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. | 2022
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. | 2022
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Florida
Case Number: 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, Inc. v. Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, NBCUniversal Media, LLC | Apr 2022–Sept 2022
Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
Case Number: 337-TA-1315
Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
Nature of Suit: Patent
Broadband iTV, Inc. v. Charter Communications, Inc; Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC | Apr 2022–Sept 2022
Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
Case Number: 337-TA-1315
Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
Nature of Suit: Patent
Broadband iTV, Inc. v. Spectrum Management Holding Company, LLC | Apr 2022–Sept 2022
Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
Case Number: 337-TA-1315
Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
Nature of Suit: Patent
Broadband iTV, Inc. v. Altice USA, Inc; CSC Holdings, LLC; Cablevision Systems Corp. | Apr 2022–Sept 2022
Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
Case Number: 337-TA-1315
Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
Nature of Suit: Patent
Taasera Licensing, LLC v. Trend Micro, Check Point Software, Palo Alto Networks | Jan 2023–Dec 2024
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the 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 | Nov 2022–Nov 2024
Jurisdiction: Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware
Case Number: 2022-0036
Counsel: Jones Day
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Laszlo Pusztai v. Apple Inc. | Nov 2022
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Case Number: 3:21-cv-7995
Counsel: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright infringement
Cryptocurrency Pre-Litigation Investigation | 2022
Jurisdiction: Federal (DOJ)
Nature of Suit: Criminal fraud and theft
Retained by: Defendant
Counsel: Todd & Weld LLP
Technology: Blockchain, smart contracts (TEAL assembly)
Wave Plastic Surgery; Peter G. Lee v. Venus Cosmetic Surgery, Jiing Tsong Wang | Dec 2021–May 2023
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
Case Number: 19STCV09656
Counsel: Commerce Law Group
Nature of Suit: Social media, defamation
Services Provided: Consulting
Espíritu Santo Holdings, LP & L1bre Holding, LLC v. United Mexican States | 2021
Jurisdiction: ICSID
Case Number: 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 | 2021
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 | Mar 2020
Jurisdiction: Federal Court of Montréal, Quebec
Case Number: T-359-20
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. | Sept 2020
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Case Number: 6:20-cv-00803
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 | Feb 2020
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Case Number: 1:20-cv-00186-CCC
Counsel: Baker & Hostetler LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
Artec Europe S.A.R.L. v. Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co., Ltd | Mar 2022
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Case Number: 1:2022cv01676
Counsel: Munck Wilson Mandala
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
Jaguar Land Rover v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Dec 2020
Jurisdiction: U.S. International Trade Commission Washington, D.C
Case Number: 337-TA-1235
Counsel: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
Palmetto Solar, LLC v. Dvinci Energy, Inc., and Walid Halty | Oct 2020
Jurisdiction: Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
Case Number: 2020-0920-JTL
Counsel: Ray & Counsel, P.C.
Nature of Suit: Breach of contract
Zeta Global Corp. v. Maropost Marketing Cloud, Inc. | May 2020
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Case Number: 1:20-cv-03951
Counsel: Newman Du Wors LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent infringement
FinancialApps, LLC v. Envestnet, Inc., and Yodlee, Inc. | July 2019
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Case Number: 1:19-cv-01337
Counsel: Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of contract

Intellectual Property Consulting

Confidential Class Action Analysis | May 2025–Present
Nature of Consultation: Class Action
Technology: User privacy.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | Feb 2025–Jan 2026
Nature of Consultation: Patent Analysis
Technology: Audio codec.
Confidential Technology Company | Dec 2024–Present
Nature of Consultation: Patent Analysis
Technology: Video codecs, streaming technology.
Confidential Technology Company | Oct 2024
Nature of Consultation: Patent Analysis
Technology: 5G, Wireless, Bluetooth and Operating System.
Pre-litigation Patent Infringement Assessment | Dec 2023–Present
Technology: mobile gaming, geolocation, user and device verification, jailbreak detection, proxy detection, Bluetooth beacon, ad delivery, biometric authentication.

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