Patent litigation & technical consulting
Two decades of IP litigation experience.
Hands-on support for your next complex case.
20 yearsIP litigation experience
Independent since 2014Flexible, contract-based support
U.S. & EuropeCompanies and leading IP firms
01 / Services
Specialized support at the intersection of law and technology.
Supplement your outside counsel with two decades of patent litigation experience, from invalidity contentions and claim charts to expert reports and petitions for inter partes review.
District Court litigation · USPTO proceedings
General and targeted prior art searches informed by the practical experience of a litigator. Brian has a record of finding promising, relevant results where traditional search vendors come up short.
Targeted research · Analysis · Claim charting
Pre-litigation investigation and analysis of potentially infringing systems. Detailed technical assessments, combined with legal analysis, to support your litigation strategy.
Systems analysis · Reverse engineering
02 / Working together
High-quality, substantive work on a contract basis. Prior art search, analysis, and claim charting for litigation or inter partes review, tailored to the needs of your matter.
Give existing outside counsel added bandwidth, with the benefit of an experienced, independent perspective on the technical details.
Two decades of IP litigation experience at the rate of a junior associate. Senior-level attention with a lean, independent approach.
Technology experience
03 / Experience
Technical curiosity.
Seasoned litigation judgment.
Since 2014, Brian has provided patent litigation, prior art, and technical consulting services on a contract basis to Fortune 100 companies and a number of the world’s leading intellectual property litigation firms, both in the United States and Europe.
He has litigated and performed prior art consulting services on behalf of clients in diverse industries, including telecommunications, Internet search, medical devices, streaming media, social media, and digital advertising.
Prior to starting his own practice, Brian was a senior associate at Cooley LLP, where he managed defense-side patent litigation for clients in the social networking, wireless telecommunication, video gaming, and digital printing industries.
While at Cooley, he successfully defended client Vistaprint Ltd. in litigation brought in the Eastern District of Texas, securing both summary judgment of non-infringement and a jury verdict of no infringement under the doctrine of equivalents.
He was also part of a trial team that successfully defended client Nintendo in a Section 337 investigation before the International Trade Commission, resulting in a determination of patent invalidity.
In addition to his trial experience, Brian has overseen litigations brought against clients in venues throughout the country, including the District of Delaware, the Northern District of California, and the Eastern District of Virginia.
04 / Get in touch
Get in touch to discuss how experienced litigation support and technical analysis can strengthen your case.
brian@wiknerconsulting.com