Ben Bederson Expert Witness

University of Maryland

Teaching and Learning Transformation Center Prior Assoc. Provost of Learning Initiatives & Executive Director (2014-2018)
Computer Science Dept. Professor Emeritus
Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) Director (2000-2006)
Institute of Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) Faculty

Expert Witness Consultant

Consulting, reports, depositions, trials in all aspects of user interfaces and software

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Ben Bederson is an inventor of 14 issued patents, author of over 160 technical papers, has given 9 keynote talks and has won numerous awards (see full CV [pdf]). He has over 15 years of experience working as a fact and expert witness on various intellectual property cases relating to user interfaces and related software and technology. He has worked on over 150 cases, had his deposition taken over 60 times, testified at trials 10 times and also participated in USPTO interviews and a court tech tutorial.

His expertise includes:

User interface, software architecture, coding, analysis
Mobile, web, embedded, set top boxes, input devices
Graphics, visualization, multimedia, interaction, crowdsourcing
Java, C, C++, C#, Python, Javascript, HTML

His legal work includes:

Patent validity, infringement & claim construction analysis (plaintiff and defendant)
Copyright analysis
Software analysis
Tech tutorials

References available upon request

Expert Witness Work since 2015

2024: Expert witness (reports) for Apple in USPTO IPR of Haptic Patent #9,996,738. [Fish & Richardson]
2024: Expert witness (reports, deposition, trial) for Lenovo in Ericsson v. Lenovo in ITC 337-TA-1376. [Kirkland Ellis]
2024: Expert witness (report) for Amazon in USPTO IPR of Nokia Patent #8,918,741. [Sheppard Mullin]
2024: Expert witness (reports, deposition, trial) for X1 Discovery in X1 Discovery v. Acer, ASUS, Dell ITC 337-TA-1389. [Goodwin Procter]
2024: Expert witness (report) for Apple in USPTO IPR of Paul Poniatowski Patent #8,270,578. [eRise IP]
2024: Expert witness (report, deposition) for Samsung in Maxell v. Samsung E.D. Texas #5:23-cv-00092-RWS for US Patent 11,017,815. [DLA Piper]
2024: Expert witness (reports) for Samsung in USPTO IPR of Maxell Patents #10,176,848 & 11,017,815. [DLA Piper]
2024: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Amazon in State Farm v. Amazon Delaware #1-22-cv-01447-CFC. [Latham Watkins]
2023: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Samsung, Zepp, and Garmin in USPTO IPR of Slyde Patents #8,588,033, 9,651,922, 9,804,678, & 10,198,085. [O'Melveny; Merchant & Gould; eRise]
2023: Expert witness (reports) for Xiaomi in Immersion v. Xiamoi in Indian case regarding IN 304396. [Saikrishna & Associates]
2023: Expert witness (reports) for Google & Samsung in USPTO IPR of Multimodal Patents #7,929,949, 8,107,978, 9,185,227, & 10,552,030. [O'Melveny]
2023: Expert witness (report, deposition) for Stodge/Postscript in Attentive v. Stodge/Postscript in Delaware #1:23-cv-00087 for US Patents 11,416,887, 11,416,897, & 11,553,074. [Morrison Foerster]
2023: Expert witness (report) for Apple in USPTO IPR of FaceToFace Patent #11,042,623. [eRise IP]
2023: Expert witness (report) for Unified Patents in Ex Parte Reexam of Better Browsing Patent #8,838,736. [Unified Patents]
2023: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Google in WSOU v. Google in W.D. Texas #6:20-cv-584 for US Patent #8,803,697. [Jones Day]
2023: Expert witness (report, deposition) for Netflix in USPTO IPR of VideoLabs Patent #8,605,794. [Willkie Farr]
2023: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Netflix in USPTO IPR of GoTV Patents #8,103,865, 8,478,245, 8,989,715. [Willkie Farr]
2023: Expert witness (report) for American Airlines & Hilton in USPTO IPR of R2 Patent #8,209,317. [McKool Smith & McGuire Woods]
2023: Expert witness (reports) for ASSA ABLOY in USPTO IPR of Liberty Patents #9,373,205, 10,657,747. [Finnegan]
2023: Expert witness (report) for Samsung in USPTO IPR of Daedalus Patents #9,432,840, 8,359,629. [O'Melveny]
2023: Expert witness (reports) for Apple in USPTO IPR of Chian Chiu Li Patent #11,016,564. [eRise IP]
2022: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for King.com in Groove Digital v. King.com in Delaware #1:18-cv-00836-RGA for US Patent 9,454,762. [Fenwick]
2022: Expert witness (reports, depositions) for Lenovo & Motorola in Maxell v. Lenovo & Motorola in ITC #337-TA-1312 and IPR2022-01348 (joined by Vizio) for US Patent #8,170,394. [DLA Piper]
2022: Expert witness (reports, depositions) for Meta in USPTO IPRs of Angel Tech Patents #8,954,432, 9,959,291, 10,417,275, 10,628,480. [Allen & Overy]
2022: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Samsung in USPTO IPR and E.D. Texas #2:22-cv-114 of MyPort Patents #9,832,017, 10,237,067, & 10,721,066. [Greenberg Traurig]
2022: Expert witness (report) for FedEx in USPTO IPR of R2 Solutions Patent #7,698,329. [Finnegan]
2022: Expert witness (report) for Unified Patents in USPTO IPR of Robocast Patent #8,965,932. [Unified Patents]
2022: Expert witness (reports, depositions) for Samsung in USPTO IPR of Village Green Patents #9,864,401 and #10,620,663. [Finnegan]
2022: Expert witness (report) for Unified Patents in USPTO IPR of Savannah Patent #9,454,777. [Unified Patents]
2022: Expert witness (report) for Unified Patents in Ex Parte Reexam of Lupercal Patent #9,386,094. [Unified Patents]
2022: Expert witness (report) for Achieve3000 in Beable Education v. Achieve3000 in USPTO IPR of US Patent #9,652,993. [Paul Weiss]
2022: Expert witness (reports, trial) for Canva in RxPrism v. Canva in Indian case regarding IN 360726. [Saikrishna & Associates]
2021: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Google in USPTO IPR of Touchstream Patents #8,356,251; 8,782,528; & 8,904,289. [Finnegan]
2021: Expert witness (report, deposition) for Rakuten/Ebates in USPTO IPR of IBM Patent #7,543,234. [Greenberg Traurig]
2021: Expert witness (report, trial) for Google in Google v. Sonos regarding EP 2,764,491 (Netherlands). [Brinkhoff]
2021: Expert witness (report, deposition) for Unified Patents in USPTO IPR of MemoryWeb US Patent #10,621,228. [Unified Patents]
2021: Expert witness (report) for Samsung in USPTO IPR of Solas Patent #8,526,767. [O'Melveny]
2021: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Samsung in USPTO IPR of Power2B Patents #7,952,570, 8,547,364, 8,610,675, 8,624,850, 8,816,994, 9,317,170, 9,569,093, 9,946,369, 10,156.931, & 10,664,070. [O'Melveny]
2021: Expert witness (report) for ST Microelectronics and Cypress Semiconductor in USPTO IPR of Neodron Patent #8,432,173. [Perkins Coie & Fish & Richardson]
2021: Expert witness (reports) for Apple in USPTO IPR of Gesture Technology Patents #7,993,431, #8,194,924, #8,553,079, & #8,878,949. [eRise IP]
2020: Expert witness (reports) for Salesforce in USPTO IPR of Kaufman Patents #7,885,981 & #10,025,801. [Quinn Emanuel]
2020: Expert witness (reports) for Samsung in SpaceTime3D v. Samsung (E.D. Texas #2:19-cv-372-JRG). [DLA Piper]
2020: Expert witness (report, deposition) for Yahoo!/Oath/Nordstrom in Droplets v. Yahoo!/Oath/Nordstrom (N.D. California #12-cv-03733-JST and 12-cv-04049-JST). [Haltom Doan]
2020: Expert witness (reports, depositions) for Samsung and Apple in USPTO IPR of Neonode Patents #8,095,879 & 8,812,993. [DLA Piper; Fish & Richardson]
2020: Expert witness (report) for Google in USPTO IPR of Nokia Patent #8,583,706. [Paul Hastings]
2020: Expert witness (reports) for Unified Patents in USPTO IPR of Fat Statz US Patent #9,757,066. [Unified Patents]
2020: Expert witness (reports) for Verizon in USPTO IPR of Huawei Patents #7,715,832 & 8,761,839. [Quinn Emmanuel]
2020: Expert witness (report, deposition) for TCL in Canon v. TCL (E.D. Texas #2:18-cv-00546-JRG). [Ropes & Gray]
2020: Expert witness (reports) for FedEx in USPTO IPR of Flectere US Patents #6,272,506, 6,401,094, & #6,415,284. [Finnegan]
2019: Expert witness (reports, depositions) for Samsung in USPTO IPR of Neodron US Patents #7,903,092 (w/ Sony), #8,102,286, #8,432,173, #8,502,547, #8,791,910, & #9,024,790. [O'Melveny] Some joined by Lenovo/Motorola [Finnegan] & Dell [Alston & Bird]
2019: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Adobe/Magento/X. Commerce in X. Commerce v. Express Mobile (N.D. California #3:17-cv-2605-RS). [Sidley]
2019: Expert witness (reports, depositions) for Apple in Maxell v. Apple (E.D. Texas #5:19-cv-00036-RWS). [O'Melveny]
2019: Expert witness (reports, deposition, trial) for Comcast in Rovi v. Comcast (ITC 337-TA-1158). [Davis Polk]
2019: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for HTC in Philips v. HTC (D. Delaware #1:15-cv-1126-GMS). [Perkins Coie]
2019: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Samsung in Immersion v. Samsung (E.D. Texas #2:17-cv-572-JRG). [Fish & Richardson]
2019: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Apple in USPTO IPR of FirstFace US Patents #8,831,557, #9,633,373, & #9,779,419. [Ropes & Gray]
2019: Expert witness (report) for Google in USPTO Ex Parte reexam of US Patent #9,423,954. [Wolf Greenfield]
2019: Expert witness (reports, depositions) for Smartmatic in USPTO IPR of ES&S US Patents #7,753,273 and #8,096,471. [DLA Piper]
2019: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Zillow in Corus v. Zillow (W.D. Washington, #2:18-cv-00847-JLR). [Perkins Coie]
2018: Expert witness (report) for BlackBerry in USPTO IPR of Maxell US Patent #8,170,394. [Oblon]; Joined by Lenovo/Motorola [DLA Piper]
2018: Expert witness (report) for T-Jat in T-Jat v. Expedia (D. Delaware, #1:16-cv-00581-RGA). [Pearl Cohen]
2018: Expert witness (reports) for United Bank in Groove Digital v. United Bank (E.D. Virginia #1:18-cv-00966-LO-TCB). [Finnegan]
2018: Expert witness (report) for Google in USPTO IPR of Cypress Lake US Patent #9,817,558. [Smith Baluch]
2018: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Ralph Lauren in Lexos v. Ralph Lauren (USPTO IPR and Case No. 1:17-cv-1319-LPS-CJB. Delaware). [Perkins Coie]
2018: Expert witness (report) for Samsung in USPTO IPR of Iron Oak US Patent #5,699,275. [Paul Hastings]
2018: Expert witness (report) for Comcast in Rovi v. Comcast (ITC 337-TA-1103). [Winston Strawn]
2018: Expert witness (report) for George E. Smith in General Information Systems, LLC, Dexter Group Holdings, LLC, and Neno Research, LLC v. George E. Smith and WebDatX, Inc. Case No. 3:16-cv-03698-CMC (District of South Carolina). [Gallivan White Boyd]
2018: Expert witness (reports) for Google in USPTO IPR of Seven Networks US Patents #8,078,158; #9,386,433. [Paul Hastings]
2018: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Fandango in Maxell, Ltd. v. Fandango Media, LLC. Case No. 2:17-cv-07534-AG-(SSx) (C.D. of California). [Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck]; IPR joined by Huawei [Fish Richardson]
2018: Expert witness (reports) for Apple in USPTO IPR of AGIS US Patents #8,213,970; #9,467,838; #9,455,251; #9,408,055; #9,749,829. [Latham & Watkins]; '838 IPR joined by Google [Sterne Kessler] and ZTE [Finnegan]; Joined by WhatsApp [Latham & Watkins]; Joined by Verizon [Venable]
2017: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Comcast in Rovi v. Comcast (S.D. New York Case No. 1:16-cv-09278-JPO). [Winston Strawn]
2017: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Unified Patents in USPTO IPR of MyMail US Patent #8,275,863. [Unified Patents]
2017: Expert witness (report, deposition) for SharkNinja in Dyson v. SharkNinja. Case #14-cv-00779. (N.D. Illinois). [Jones Day]
2017: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Amazon in EOLAS v. Amazon. Case #6:15-cv-01038 (E.D. Texas) moved to Case #17-cv-03022-JSD (N.D. California). [Latham Watkins]
2016: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Sony in USPTO IPR of Creative US Patent #6,928,433. [Wolf Greenfield]
2016: Expert witness (reports, deposition, trial) for Comcast in Rovi v. Comcast (ITC 337-TA-1001). [Winston Strawn]
2016: Expert witness (reports, depositions, USPTO interviews) for Corel in Corel v. Microsoft Case #2:15-cv-00528-JNP. (District of Utah), and USPTO reexams. [Robins Kaplan & Carmichael IP]
2016: Expert witness (report) for Jawbone in Fitbit v. Jawbone (ITC 337-TA-973). [Susman Godfrey]
2015: Expert witness (report) for Google and Motorola Mobility in the USPTO CBM review of US Patent #7,810,144. [Paul Hastings]
2015: Expert witness (reports) for Samsung in Advanced Touchscreen and Gesture Technologies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics, Case No: 6:15-cv-00128-WSS-JCM (W.D. of Texas). [Arnold & Porter]
2015: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for BMC in BMC Software, Inc. v. ServiceNow, Inc. Case #2:14-CV-903-JRG (E.D. of Texas) and USPTO IPR rexamination of US Patent #5,978,594. [McKool Smith]
2015: Expert witness (reports, tech tutorial presentation) for OpenTV in the USPTO IPR of US Patent #5,566,287. [Finnegan]
2015: Expert witness (reports, deposition) for Salesforce in AIT v. Salesforce (D. Nevada #3:13-cv-00628-RCJ-VPC). [Quinn Emanuel]

Trial Expert Witness Work from 2009 - 2014

2012: Expert witness (reports, deposition, trial) for HTC in Apple v. HTC (ITC 337-TA-797). [Quinn Emanuel]
2012: Fact witness (report, deposition, trial) for Samsung in Apple v. Samsung (N.D. California #11-cv-01846-LHK). [Quinn Emanuel]. Also related testimony in parallel cases in Australia, Korea, and Germany.
2011: Expert witness (report, trial) for GreatCall in Dyna v. GreatCall (American Arbitration Association Case No. 73 494 00433 10 blog). [Cooley].
2009: Expert witness (reports, trial) for Gemstar in DirectTV v. Gemstar (American Arbitration Association Case No. 72 181 Y 310 09). [Paul Hastings].