Sam Malek is a Professor in the School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Irvine and a member of the Informatics Department. He is the director of Software Engineering and Analysis Laboratory and a member of DARPA’s Computer Science Study Panel.
He was previously an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at George Mason University (GMU), where he was the director of GMU’s Software Design and Analysis Laboratory.
Prior to his academic appointments, Sam Malek worked as a software engineer in a variety of roles and on the development of numerous industrial software systems. Malek has experience with testifying in both jury trial and deposition as an expert witness in the fields of computer science and software engineering. He has served as a computer science expert witness and drafted numerous reports in high-stakes intellectual property infringement, breach-of-contract, and software dispute matters.
As a renowned computer science expert, he has published on a variety of topics, served on the panel of many scientific boards and journals, and frequently spoken at scientific gatherings.
Summary of Qualifications
Has been deposed and testified as a computer science expert witness at trial numerous times.
Internationally known in the computer science research community for his extensive scientific contributions in the fields of software engineering and distributed systems
Managed research projects with more than four million dollars in funding, sponsored by both government and private sector.
Worked as a software engineer in a variety of roles in several industrial organizations prior to his academic appointment as a professor.
Conducts research in the field of software engineering, spanning the areas of software design and architecture, smartphone and mobile computing, Internet and web technologies, middleware, service oriented computing, autonomic computing, software dependability and security, and distributed and embedded systems.
Authored more than 70 manuscripts published in peer-reviewed scientific conferences and journals.
Frequently serves as organizer, program committee member, and speaker at premier scientific gatherings and conferences (currently an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering).
Received his Ph.D. and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and his B.S. degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California Irvine.
Has received numerous awards for his scientific contributions, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award and GMU Computer Science Department Outstanding Faculty Research award.
Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Counsel: Wiggin and Dana LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Breach of Contract
Ameranth v. Pizza Hut, Inc., et al.
Counsel: Caldarelli Hejmanowski Page & Leer LLP, Fabiano Law Firm, P.C., Osborne Law LLC, and Watts Law Offices
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
TiVo Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas
Counsel: Irell & Manella LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Lenovo Adware Litigation
Jurisdiction: Northern District of California, San Jose Division
Counsel: K&L Gates
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Ericsson Inc., et al. v TCL Communication Technology Holdings, LTD, et al.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas; USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Counsel: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP; Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on February 1, 2016; April 14, 2016
STAR CO Ranger Digital, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Counsel: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
YYZ, LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company
Jurisdiction: District of Delaware
Counsel: Kenyon and Kenyon
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Data Engine Technologies LLC v. International Business Machines Corporation
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Counsel: Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi, and Mensing P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on November 23 and 24, 2015
Rockstar Consortium US LP and Netstar Technologies LLC v Google Inc.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Optimum Content Protection LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Counsel: Fish and Richardson P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Alarm.com Inc. v. iControl Networks Inc.
Jurisdiction: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Counsel: Fish and Richardson P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Thought Inc. v. Oracle Corporation
Jurisdiction: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Counsel: Sughrue Mion PLLC
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on August 25 and 26, 2014
Steve Morsa v. Facebook Inc.
Jurisdiction: Federal District Court, Central District of California
Counsel: Bragalone Conroy PC
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
United States of America v. Alexander Rousseau
Jurisdiction: Southern District of Florida
Counsel: U.S. Department of Justice
Nature of Suit: Criminal
Testified at trial on July 15, 2014
Clori Isaac v. Geo. Mijilem & Co., Inc.
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
Counsel: Selman Breitman LLP
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Miants, LLC, et al. v. Kevin Lasser, et al.
Jurisdiction: State of Michigan, Oakland County Circuit Court
Counsel: Mantese, Honigman, Rossman & Williamson, P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property
Motorola Mobility Inc. v. Apple Inc.
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
iControl Networks Inc. v. Alarm.com Inc., et al.
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on December 13, 2013
United States ex rel. Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Counsel: The Cullen Law Firm PLLC
Nature of Suit: False Claims Act
Lotchinbek Samatov, Jakhongir Samatov, and SSD Software Solutions v. AirShowBuzz
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles Central District
Counsel: Michelman & Robinson LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
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