Computer Science Expert Witnesses

Computer science disputes in commercial litigation typically arise in patent, software licensing, and technology performance matters, when a company alleges that a competitor's software or system architecture infringes a patented method or that a delivered technology failed to meet contractual specifications. These disputes surface in patent infringement litigation involving algorithms, artificial intelligence, and software architecture, in software licensing and development disputes over whether a delivered system met agreed functional specifications, and in computer forensics and digital evidence matters requiring expert analysis of source code, system logs, or digital artifacts. Because computer science spans algorithms, systems, artificial intelligence, and security disciplines, determining whether a specific technology functions, was developed, or infringes as claimed requires an expert with hands-on experience in the specific subdiscipline at issue. The central issue is typically whether the software or system's actual design, function, or development matches what the patent, contract, or technical specification described.

A computer science expert helps attorneys resolve that question by examining source code, system architecture, and technical documentation against the patent claims, license terms, or performance specifications at issue. That might mean comparing an accused software product's algorithm or architecture against a patent's claim elements, evaluating whether a delivered software system met the functional specifications in its development contract, or analyzing digital evidence to reconstruct how a computer system or network behaved. These technical findings support positions on infringement, breach of contract, and digital evidence authentication, and often anticipate the arguments an opposing technical expert is likely to raise.

Because computer science spans such a wide range of subdisciplines, from artificial intelligence and algorithms to computer security and graphics, selecting the right expert means matching the assignment to someone with hands-on experience in the specific area at issue rather than computer science in general terms. Round Table Group's computer science network includes scholars and industry professionals whose expertise spans software development, computer security, and computer forensics, many of whom have testified in patent, licensing, and forensic matters. With more than 75,000 expert searches completed for litigators, we help attorneys narrow that broad technical field to the individual expert whose credentials fit the specific dispute. Let us help you find the right computer science expert for your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.