Intellectual Property & Product Liability Expert — Michael Nranian

Wayne State University

MS Electrical Engineering, 1991

BS Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1993

BS Chemical Engineering, 1984

Juris Doctor, 1999

University of Michigan

MBA, 2002

Six Sigma Black Belt – American Society for Quality & International Quality Federation; Licensed Professional Engineer; Certified Project Management Professional; SANS566, CAP, Network+, Security+,Eagle Scout; Accident Reconstruction – Northwestern University; Active Secret Security Clearance; Admitted to State Bars of Michigan & Texas,  United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Supreme Court

• Intellectual Property
• Evaluation of patent infringement/non-infringement, and patent validity/invalidity, including America Invents Act, and 101, 102, 103, 112 and prior art arguments including analyses under literal infringement and the under the doctrine of equivalents. Prosecution history estoppel.
• Development of claim charts for Markman hearings, ITC & federal cases, Inter Partes reviews. Expert reports, depositions, hearing and trial testimony.
• Technology standards boards and licensing authorities, antitrust/DOJ, technology development and transfer, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, data rights, trademark infringement/dilution, unfair competition/trade, false/deceptive advertising Lanham Act, Class Actions, etc.
• Georgia-Pacific factors analyses for determining reasonable royalty for plaintiff or defense. Willful infringement arguments.
• Development and Analysis of Markman briefs, claim charts, conducting prior art searches, and the analyses of patent file wrappers.
• Discovery and motion practice, summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition and reply briefs.
• Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications, U.S. applications, international filings. Post-Grant Review, Inter Partes Review, Patent Trial & Appeal Board.
• Prior art/patentability research in technical literature, publications, product specifications, and dissertations to analyze validity and obviousness.
• Litigation support and technology education in patent disputes, Federal Cases, ITC cases, & re-examinations, derivation proceedings, prior user rights.
• Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, computers, microprocessors, & automotive components/systems for all aspects of intellectual property/litigation. Cellular, telecommunication, GPS/navigation, mobile, telematics, info/data/transmission, Human Machine Interfaces, etc.
• Deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States.
• Cases include: Magna v. TRW; Bradley v. Fontaine Trailer; ATI; Remy v. WAI (ITC); AVS v. Takata et al. (IPR);Lucent/Gateway/MPEG; IQASR v. Wendt; Mobileye v. Picutup; Transtex v. Ridge; Speedguage v. Inthinc; Voxx v. JSI; Freedom Motors v. Allegiant; Bosch v. Autel; Dorman v. Paccar & many other cases
• Products, Warranties, Contracts, Automotive, Defects
  • Direct participation in more than 300 litigation cases with in-depth evaluations of multiple high-dollar claims and lawsuits. Forensic Analyses.
  • Expert witness reports, inspections, accident reconstruction, photographs, occupant kinematics & injury causation, component and system analyses.
  • Development of case and trial strategy, summary judgment proceedings, evidentiary hearings, motions in limine, opposition and reply briefs.
  • Deposition, hearing and trial experience in state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States as Expert Witness and Corporate Representative.
  • All areas of discovery, preparing and/or obtaining sets of requests for production, interrogatories, requests for admissions. E-discovery.
  • Preparation of other witnesses prior to their depositions and trial testimonies, including all potential cross-examination questions. Forensic Analyses.
  • Product Liability Law, indemnification, injury thresholds and regulatory requirements, including all FMVSS interpretation/compliance.
  • Optical/vision systems, warning systems, forward collision/lane departure warning, medical devices, wheelchairs, and handicap assistance devices.
  • Automotive, truck (including tractor-trailer) systems, sensing systems, including all crash recorders (Direct design experience in these modules for over 20 years). Accident reconstruction and analysis of crash pulse information. Electrical, electronic, electro-mechanical components and systems. 
  • Design validation plans and reports, failure modes and effects analyses, product prove-out, design verification, reliability/durability analyses/assessment.
  • Analysis of component defects including seats, seatbelts, curtains, airbags, roof crush, structure, doors, all modes of sensors, crashworthiness.
  • Electrical systems and architecture, fire cause and origin, lidar/radar, sensors, camera/optical/vision, warning & diagnostic system & fault code analyses.
  • Insurance law, no fault insurance law, subrogation. Automotive domestic/international OEMs, customers, suppliers, manufacturing, operations.
  • Field Analysis of Product Liability Issues and the Implementation of Design Changes to Reduce Exposure. Analysis of Alternative Designs.
  • Regulatory pre-emption arguments, express, implied, or fact-specific analyses. Workplace safety/standards/polices, Fall Protection, — OSHA, ANSI, etc.
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