I'm an intellectual property consultant, dealing primarily with patents on electronics, computers, communication systems, etc. I have roughly 20 years of experience in this area. I routinely do engineering work to support patent law suits, both offensive and defensive. Although they're not quite as common, I've also done a fair amount of work supporting lawsuits related to copyright and/or trade secrets.

Nonetheless, I am not an attorney. Nothing I say or post should be construed as legal advice. If I give any advice at all, it's purely from a perspective of engineering and (I hope) a bit of common sense and logic.