Patent Infringement
In the energy industry, breakthrough technologies and processes are constantly
being introduced in the business. A company's right to patent and exclusively
offer inventive concepts like gas extraction techniques, specialized drilling
tools, production stimulation processes for formation fracturing methods and
natural gas conversion processes helps to maintain a rapidly improving ability
to extract oil from wells.
Signa Engineering Corp.'s familiarity with the oil & gas industry allows us to
serve as expert witnesses in the realm of energy patent infringement when those
rights have been abused. Our staff is globally recognized for their knowledge of
operations, drilling methods, completion and production of oil and gas and environmental
issues. We are also highly qualified in terms of education, technical writing, verbal
skills in depositions or trials and worldwide field experience.
Case Histories
Our expert witness and litigation staff has served as consultants for many major oil & gas drilling, exploration and production companies and numerous energy-based attorneys since 1995. Signa has served in cases representing both plaintiffs and defendants in energy litigation cases, utilizing our field-tested ingenuity to provide the most pertinent and concise aspects of cases, such as:
- Signa reviewed the case of dispute over who was the true inventor of a drilling process after a patent was issued for that technique.
- Signa reviewed extensive information on two companies' multilateral drilling processes to determine if the patent had been infringed upon. The engineering staff did extensive multilateral application studies and worked with an economist on economic projections (10-year span) to determine how significant a monetary setback the patent holder would have suffered.
- Signa engineers were asked to answer technical questions in a patent case involving the alleged use of numerous patented well-treatment services by another company. The engineering team had to analyze well treatment service records to determine if the patent had been infringed upon.
- Signa engineers were asked to utilize their special expertise and knowledge in the subject matter of rotating blowout preventer equipment in a patent infringement case.
Who to Call
When an invention has been unjustly copied and utilized by someone other than the
patent holder, Signa can provide expert consultation supported by detailed demonstrative
evidence to paint the clearest picture in the courtroom. Created in 1992 as an Engineering
Service Company, Signa expanded its services in 1996 to offer expert witness and litigation
support and has been instrumental in the resolution of cases involving patent infringement,
personal injury, product design, health & environmental, contract disputes and equipment failures.
We have experience in handling virtually every type of upstream oil & gas procedure. Contact
Dave Roseland with your expert witness needs, or simply check our
case histories or see our
client list in pdf format to get a better feel for what we do.
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