Bruce Elbert has worked as an expert witness relating to technical, financial, contracting and marketing issues related to satellite communications and its constituent technologies and capabilities. He has been a testifying expert witness and provided expert reports that have been extremely effective for client organizations. Examples of proceedings involve patent infringement and validity, valuation, bankruptcy, contracts, and taxation. The scope extends across all aspects of a satellite and ground segment, including technologies and devices throughout. Mr. Elbert works in close cooperation with the client and counsel to offer guidance and advice related to core issues as well as aspects that have significant impact on outcomes. Some examples of past efforts include:
- Patented technology used to improve the performance of satellite data networks
- The overall operation of the first LEO satellite constellation and how this system could have been improved prior to introduction
- Resolution of radio frequency interference in a satellite network that was the subject of a contract dispute
- Issues surrounding satellite TV set-top boxes and why a particular technique did not infringe patents
- Whether a technique to provide data broadcasting was not an innovation in a patented sense
- On the possibility that a listed company had misled investors as to the quality of their revenues and future prospects