Expertise
Patents, Standards & Intellectual Property
Bridging engineering depth and legal precision in the most technically demanding IP disputes.
Overview
Patent and intellectual property disputes in the technology sector require an expert who can move fluently between engineering depth and legal precision.
Expertise
Avia provides expert analysis across a wide range of patent matters, with particular experience in technology-intensive disputes where the validity, scope, and infringement of asserted claims depend on highly specialized technical knowledge.
Areas of Analysis
Patent Validity & Prior Art
Patent validity analysis, including prior art identification, claim construction, and the application of invalidity defenses.
Patent Infringement
Technical comparison of accused products and systems against asserted patent claims.
Standard-Essential Patents
Analysis of the relationship between patents declared essential to wireless or other technical standards and their actual implementation in accused products.
USPTO Proceedings
Technical analysis supporting inter partes review and post-grant proceedings, including patentability challenges and responses.
Copyright in Technology
Analysis involving third-party content in software development and AI training, similarity between protected works and accused outputs, and fair use considerations in technical processes.
Trademark, Trade Secret & IP Provenance
Technical analysis involving technology trademarks, product features, development history, technical lineage, and the origins of core technology in contested software and platform products.
Typical Matters
Matters Frequently Involve
Avia has provided expert analysis in federal district courts, U.S. International Trade Commission proceedings, and private arbitration matters involving significant technology companies and intellectual property portfolios.
- Patent validity, prior art, and claim construction
- Patent infringement and accused product analysis
- Standard-essential patents and standards implementations
- Inter partes review and post-grant proceedings
- Copyright and fair use in technology contexts
- Trademark, trade secret, and IP provenance disputes
Representative Matters
Selected Representative Matters
A selection of engagements involving artificial intelligence, machine learning technologies, generative AI systems, and related intellectual property matters.
Encyclopaedia Brittanica v. Perplexity AI
Consulting engagement examining the use of copyrighted content within machine learning technologies and AI-powered information retrieval systems.
Daily News v. Microsoft & OpenAI
Technical analysis relating to the use of copyrighted content in generative AI systems, machine learning workflows, and large language model development.
The New York Times v. Microsoft & OpenAI
Consulting engagement involving the use of copyrighted material in the development and training of large language models and machine learning technologies.
RELATED SERVICES
How Avia Can Support Your Matter
Data & Source Code Analysis
Analysis of technical data, software systems, source code, logs, and system behavior to establish how technologies operate and what the underlying evidence demonstrates.
Patent & IP Analysis
Technical evaluation of patent validity, infringement, asserted claims, prior art, standards implementations, and other intellectual property issues involving complex technologies.
Technical Reporting
Preparation of clear, defensible technical reports that translate complex software architectures, platform technologies, and system behavior into analysis accessible to attorneys, courts, regulators, and decision-makers.
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Whether you’re assessing validity, infringement, technical standards, software origins, or other intellectual property issues, AVIA provides technically grounded analysis to support informed legal strategy.