Tal Lavian, Ph.D.— Telecommunications - Network Communications - Wireless
Areas of Expertise: Information Technology; Intellectual Property; IP Infringement; Patents; Electrical Engineering; Internet; Software; Telecommunications; Wireless Technologies; Computer Programming; Electronic Devices & Systems; Information Security.
Background:
Telecommunications and network communications expert witness. Ph.D. in Computer Science, UC Berkeley, specializing in network communications. Retained as an expert in over 90 cases. Inventor of 120+ patents and patent applications. Technology areas include Internet protocols (TCP/IP), VoIP, Wi-Fi 802.11, routing and switching, and network security. Dr. Lavian has spent nearly 20 years researching, studying, and lecturing at UC Berkeley. Over 35 years as a scientist, educator, and technologist.
Areas of Expertise:
Telecommunications — Computer Networks — Network Communications — Internet Protocols (TCP/IP) — VoIP — Streaming Media — Mobile Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15), broadband, routing and switching (MPLS, BGP, OSPF), network security, and network management (SNMP) expert witness.
- Computer Networks: Network Communications, Network Architecture, Communications systems, Telecom
- Internet Protocols: TCP/IP suite, TCP, UDP, IP, packet switching, data link/network/transport layers (L2/L3/L4)
- Routing/Switching: LAN, WAN, VPN, VLAN, LAG, ARP, DHCP, Pseudowire, DNS, quality of service (QoS), tunneling, traffic engineering, carrier interconnection
- Network Protocols: IPv4, IPv6, RIP, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, multicast, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), SONET/SDH, DOCSIS
- Internet/Cloud: Cloud Computing, distributed computing, distributed systems, network virtualization (SDN/NFV), IoT
- Web: HTTP/HTTPS, web applications, mobile apps, e-commerce
- Mobile Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15), Wireless LAN (WLAN), mobile devices, smartphones
- VoIP/Streaming Media: SIP, RTP, IP telephony, hosted VoIP, cloud telephony, unified communications, PSTN, circuit switching, SS7, SMS, video/audio conferencing.
- Network Security: Firewalls, VPN, IPSec, SSL/TLS, deep packet inspection (DPI), L4-7 switching, NAC, content filtering, security gateways
- Network Management: NMS, SNMP (SNMPv2, SNMPv3), device management, OSS, alarm systems
- Communication Standards: IEEE, IETF, ITU
While at UC Berkeley, Dr. Lavian conducted research projects in data centers (RAD Labs), network communication service architecture (SAHARA), and wireless systems (ICEBERG); he also served as an industry fellow and lecturer at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) and as a scientific liaison between Nortel Research Lab and UC Berkeley. Dr. Lavian was also part of UC Berkeley's SkyDeck start-ups, where he worked on technology research and implementation.
Case Experience:
Served as an expert on over 100 patents litigated. Testified in a U.S. federal court, U.S. state courts, an ITC Section 337 investigation, the Canadian Federal Court, and a court in Malaysia. Declarations in more than 90 USPTO PTAB proceedings (IPR and CBM), and deposition testimony in PTAB proceedings.
Cases have involved: Apple, Google, Facebook (Meta), Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Arista Networks, Ericsson, T-Mobile, Huawei, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Motorola, Polycom, WhatsApp, Instagram, Delta Air Lines, Broadcom, SAP, and others.
Retained by over 50 law firms and corporate clients, including Fish & Richardson, Winston & Strawn, Cooley, Finnegan, Gibson Dunn, Ropes & Gray, Baker Botts, Irell & Manella, Kirkland & Ellis, Morgan Lewis, Holland & Knight, Skadden, Keker Van Nest, and Perkins Coie.
Credentials:
- Inventor of over 120 patents and patent applications
- Over 60 prosecuted pro se at the USPTO
- Over 25 scientific publications
- Nortel Networks (1996 to 2007): Principal Scientist, Principal Architect, Principal Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer
- IEEE Senior Member
- Principal Investigator on three DARPA projects
Keywords/ Search Terms:
Network Communications, Telecommunications, Computer Communications, Networking, TCP/IP Internet Protocols, Network security, Firewalls, Media Streaming, Voice Over IP (VoIP), Instant Messaging & Chat, Wi-Fi 802.11, Mobile Wireless, Patent, Routing/Switching, Data Communications, Web, Computer networks, Broadband, Network Management.
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