Patent Expert Witness Proving Elusive? Try Amazon.com. Yes, I'm Serious.

Patent expert witnesses are in high demand. Continued advances in technology and the highly competitive nature of the business world ensure that patent litigation will continue to grow for many years to come. Traditionally, finding a qualified expert with specialized knowledge in the scientific field subject to your litigation has been difficult. Accordingly, many expert witness referral firms place an increased emphasis on providing a large panel of patent experts in all relevant fields to assist attorneys in their time of need.

Such assistance, however, does not preclude you from looking for an expert yourself. Let's say you have a potential need for a semiconductor expert. Where should you go first? One of the Internet's free expert databases or a simple Google search? No way. Shame on you for even thinking that. Head to Amazon.com. When evaluating the qualifications of an expert, courts tend to give greater deference those who have published extensively in the field related to the patent in issue. Amazon sells a bevy of technical books on almost any scientific field you might need. A simple search for "semiconductors" turns up literally thousands of books. It is then a small matter of contacting a book's author, who is usually easily located in his or her respective university directory.

Give Amazon.com a try next time you are thinking of using an expert. And while you are there, buy a DVD, or a vacuum cleaner, or a hairbrush for your dog. Or some other item you do not really need. Your patent expert searches can help turn the economy around!

Nick