2011 BullsEye Expert Witness Newsletter Articles

BullsEye Articles
Will SCOTUS Rewrite the Standard for Patent Invalidity? The justices of the Supreme Court, in their questioning of Microsoft Corp. and i4i Limited Partnership attorneys, revealed frustration with the proliferation of bad patents and uncertainty over what to do about the problem.	5/3
Senate Passage of Patent Reform Could Boost Use of Experts Would reform of U.S. patent law have an impact on the use of expert witnesses in patent proceedings?	5/3
Could IBM’s Watson Make Experts Obsolete? When IBM’s Watson beat two human challengers to win the TV quiz show Jeopardy!, a collective “Wow!” was heard at just how far artificial intelligence has developed.	4/11
An Expert’s Change of Mind Can be Shattering Twice last month, in high-stakes class-action cases with high-profile expert witnesses, the experts reversed gears on their own opinions, potentially shattering the cases in which they were involved.	03/11
Courts Use Experts as Early Warning System “Lone Pine” sounds like a name more suited to a back-country campground than to a judicially imposed case-management device.	02/11
$388M Verdict Reversed, Experts Recalculate Damages experts in patent cases may be heading back to the drawing board after the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a $388 million jury verdict against software giant Microsoft Corp.	01/11

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