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Interviews conducted of attendees at a tradeshow from 1988 revealed that there was

a prototype of the machine in question displayed and featured—a full eight years

before the invention was claimed to have occurred. The patent was invalidated, but

not before plenty of proof was provided to the court. Former employees of the now-

defunct company had to be located and interviewed, and statements had to be taken.

Old computers were sent to forensic computer experts so files and drawings could be

mined from data in media formats that are no longer used. In this case, legal

investigators were very involved in the process and helped to successfully defend

against a claim of patent infringement.

Patent infringement defense investigations are not for the investigator who is content

to sit as his or her computer and do research. Investigating these cases takes

creativity, stamina and most importantly, a willingness to dig deeply for information in

atypical places.

Jennifer Brown,
J.D., CLI 720-318-5270
jennifer@jbrowninvestigations.com
Legal Investigator
www.jbrowninvestigations.com
J. Brown Legal 8800 W. 116th Circle, #6121, Broomfield,
Investigations, LLC CO 80021