Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. Softlayer Technologies, Inc. et al

Filing 257

NOTICE by AOL Inc, Amazon.com Inc., Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC, Google Inc., Match.Com LLC, Match.com, Inc., MySpace Inc., Softlayer Technologies, Inc., Yahoo! Inc. NOTICE OF AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR (Attachments: #1 Exhibit CV)(Briggs, Todd)

Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. Softlayer Technologies, Inc. et al

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Richard D. Egan
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Area of Practice Mr. Egan focuses on strategic patent counseling including patent portfolio evaluations, pre-litigation patent investigations, opinions of counsel, developing intellectual property strategies for emerging companies, and intellectual property licensing. In this capacity, he performs defensive counseling for minimizing intellectual property risk exposure and for responding to patent infringement allegations. He also performs offensive counseling to maximize intellectual property valuations and establish patent enforcement strategies. Mr. Egan also provides patent litigation support/management assistance and provides expert testimony on patent matters. A portion of Mr. Egan's work also relates to patent application drafting and prosecution. In this role he has concentrated in the electrical, computer and semiconductor fields. Mr. Egan also serves as an expert witness in patent matters. Mr. Egan has served as a court appointed Technical Advisor to Federal District Judges in patent litigations, including the following cases: Tantivy Communications v. Lucent Technologies, 2:04-CV-79 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 5/2005 - Judge Ward z4 Technologies v. Microsoft Corp. and Autodesk Inc., 2:04-CV-335 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 6/2005 - Judge Davis/Magistrate Judge Guthrie Toshiba Corp. v. Hynix Semiconductor, 3:04-CV-2392-B Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas Appointed 8/2005 - Judge Boyle Epic Realm v. Speedera, 2:05-CV-150 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 9/2005 - Magistrate Judge Craven ConnecTel v. Cisco Systems, 2:04-CV-396 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 10/2005 - Judge Davis Epic Realm v. AutoFlex Leasing et al. / Epic Realm v. Franklin Covey Co., et al., 2:05-CV-163 and 2:05-CV-356 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 12/2005 - Magistrate Judge Craven Golden Bridge Technology v. Nokia and Lucent Technologies, 2:05-CV-151 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 1/23/06 - Magistrate Judge Love Fenner Investments, Ltd. v. Juniper Networks, Inc. et al., 2:05-CV-5 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 1/23/06 - Magistrate Judge Love Advanced Neuromodulation Systems v. Advanced Bionics, 4:04-CV-131 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 6/20/06 - Judge Schell Mediatek, Inc. v. Sanyo, 6:05-CV-323 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 9/18/06 - Judge Davis

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Biax Corp. v. Intel Corp. and Analog Devices Inc., 2:05-CV-00184 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 10/18/06 - Judge Ward Reid v. General Motors Corp., 2:05-CV-401, 2:07-CV-19 Federal District Court for the Eastern District Appointed 4/2007 - Judge Folsom Pioneer Corp. v. Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., 06-CV-384 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 8/2007 - Judge Folsom Garmin Ltd v. Tomtom, Inc., 2:06-CV-338 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 8/2007 - Judge Davis Input/Output, Inc., et al., v. Sercel, Inc., 5:06-CV-00236 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 9/2007 - Magistrate Judge Craven Gwin, Inc. v. Don Best Sports et al., 2:06-CV-318 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 10/2007 - Judge Davis Web Telephony v. Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc. et al., 2:07-CV-85 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 11/2007 - Judge Folsom RFID World Ltd. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al., 2:07-CV-85 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 11/2007 - Judge Davis Bear Creek Technologies, Inc. v. J2 Global Communications, Inc., 5:07-CV00071 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 1/2008 - Magistrate Judge Craven Z4 Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, 6:07-CV-00540 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 3/2008 - Judge Davis Colorquick, LLC. v. Eastman Kodak Company, 6:07-CV-390 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 3/2008 - Judge Davis Morris Reese v. AT&T et al., 2:07-CV-219 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 3/2008 - Judge Folsom Advanced Technology Incubator v. Sharp Corporation et al., 2:07-CV-468 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 4/2008 - Magistrate Judge Bryant 800 Adept, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, et al., 5:07-CV-23 800 Adept, Inc. v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Company, et al., 5:07-CV-57 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 5/2008 - Magistrate Judge Craven Parallel Networks, LLC. v. Netflix, Inc. et al., 2:07-CV-562 Parallel Networks, LLC. v. Priceline.com, Inc. et al., 2:08-CV-45 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 5/2008 - Judge Folsom Verizon Services Corporation, et al. v. Charter Fiberlink et al., 5:08-CV-25 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 6/2008 - Judge Folsom Lonestar Inventions v. Nintendo of America, 6:07-CV-261 Lonestar Inventions v. Sandisk Corp., 6:07-CV-374

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Lonestar Inventions v. Xilinx, 6:07-CV-393 Lonestar Inventions v. Matsushita Electric, 6:08-CV-43 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 8/2008 - Judge Davis Motorola, Inc. v. Vtech Communications, Inc. et al., 5:07-CV-171 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 9/2008 - Magistrate Judge Craven Linex Technologies, Inc. v. Belkin International et al., 2:07-CV-222 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 11/2008 - Judge Davis Aloft Media, LLC. v. Microsoft Corp., et al., 6:08-CV-50 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 12/2008 - Magistrate Judge Love Fenner Investment v. 3COM Corporation et al., 6:08-CV-061 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 12/2008 - Magistrate Judge Love MacLean-Fogg Company v. Eaton Corporation, 2:07-CV-472 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 3/2009 - Judge Davis Voxpath Networks v. Verizon Business Networks et al., 4:08-CV-127 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 5/2009 - Judge Schell Cheetah Omni v. Samsung Electronics et al., 6:08-CV-279 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 7/2009 - Judge Davis Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions v. Intersil Corporation, 4:08-CV451 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 7/2009 - Judge Schell Nidec v. LG Innotek, 6:07-CV-108 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 9/2009 - Magistrate Judge Love Konami Digital v. Harmonix, 6:08-CV-286 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 9/2009 - Magistrate Judge Love Aloft Media v. Microsoft Corporation, 6:08-CV-51 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 9/2009 - Magistrate Judge Love Marshall Patent Holdings v. Incomm Holdings, Inc. et al., 6:08-CV-222 Marshall Patent Holdings v. Ipsmarx Technology et al., 6:08-CV-75 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 10/2009 - Judge Davis Variant, Inc. v. Flexsol Packaging Corp., et al.,6:08-CV-478 Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Appointed 1/2010 - Judge Davis Professional Background Mr. Egan has worked in private practice for over 15 years focusing on patent matters. Mr. Egan's current practice includes a mix of strategic patent counseling and patent procurement activities. Mr. Egan has represented clients in negotiations related to patent enforcement positions and defensive positions. His work has included the technical and legal analysis related to patent evaluations and the resolution and licensing related to such work. Mr. Egan has rendered numerous formal

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opinions of counsel for offensive and defensive positions. With regard to litigation matters, Mr. Egan has provided an in-house patent counsel role to those clients without in-house patent counsel. For those clients with in-house patent counsel, he has provided continued litigation assistance, particularly with regard to technical positions. Mr. Egan's patent procurement activities relate to patent applications and prosecution for strategic inventions. In this role, he focuses on the patent applications for an entity's initial intellectual property filings. In addition, with regard to more mature companies he specializes in strategic applications where intellectual property violations are likely or where improvements in intellectual property coverage are desired. Prior to forming O'Keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders, Mr. Egan was an associate at Arnold, White and Durkee from 1992-1996. In that capacity Mr. Egan was involved primarily in patent litigation activities. Mr. Egan's litigation experience covered a wide range of technical subject areas with an emphasis in the semiconductor field. Prior to entering the legal field, Mr. Egan was a development integration engineer at Advanced Micro Devices from 1985-1989. In that capacity he worked on transferring new products from research and development into high volume manufacturing. His experience included both product engineering and manufacturing engineering. The primary products he was involved with included non-volatile memories, static memories, and microcontrollers. Education University of Texas at Austin, J.D., with high honors, 1991; Order of the Coif; Chancellors; Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1991-1992. University of Texas at Austin, B.S.E.E., with highest honors, 1985. Admissions State Bar of Texas 1992 U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit U.S. District Court, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Memberships Travis County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Austin Intellectual Property Law Association
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