Dr. Biplab Pal, PhD
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Why hire Dr. Biplab Pal in complex tech litigation?
Dr. Biplab Pal has served as the Chief Technology Officer for three start-ups in the IoT and engineering sectors over the past 15 years. He is the inventor of 25 U.S. patents and has an exceptional ability to understand and solve complex engineering problems across hardware, systems, and software. Dr. Pal is a sought-after expert witness and consultant in high-profile, technically intricate litigation between major technology companies.
Currently, as the founder of Avocate.AI, he has developed an advanced agentic AI platform designed to rapidly evaluate complex litigation cases. This system delivers detailed preliminary assessments of case strategies, potential evidence, and technical issues within 24–48 hours. Dr. Pal offers this initial evaluation service—either free or paid—to help attorneys quickly gauge case viability and shape their litigation strategy.
1. Hardware depth (chip to fiber): Semiconductor/SoC blocks, memory/interconnect, firmware interfaces, signal integrity, optical transport (BER/OSNR, link budgets). Ties alleged elements to real silicon pathways and physical limits.
2. Systems expertise (end-to-end): Secure OTA/IoT pipelines, device management/telemetry, high-bandwidth streaming/robotics links. Builds testbeds that reflect real operating constraints (latency, loss, jitter, temperature, power).
3. Software competence (drivers → cloud): Embedded code, kernels/drivers, build/flash systems, CI/CD and server control planes. Traces code paths to behavior and ties logs/artifacts to claim charts.
4. Standards fluency: Aligns evidence with NIST (secure updates/controls) and relevant IEEE/ITU/IETF/ISO specs. Distinguishes mandatory vs. optional features and shows whether implementations conform.
5. Complex-litigation seasoned: Multi-patent, multi-defendant matters; protective orders; large technical records. Comfortable in District Court, ITC §337, and PTAB (claim construction; §102/§103; infringement/validity; rebuttal).
6. Reproducible, Daubert-ready methods: Defines questions of fact, instruments environments, runs controlled experiments/simulations, and maintains workfiles so results can be replicated. Opinions are element-by-element and evidence-tied.
7. Clear, teachable storytelling: Architecture diagrams, timing/throughput/error tables, and standards mappings that educate judges and juries without sacrificing rigor.
8. Early triage that saves time: Spots strongest theories/weakest links fast, highlights missing proofs, and proposes the cheapest decisive tests. Independent—no contingency fees.
9. Rapid, no-cost AI triage (Avocate.AI): As Founder of Avocate.AI, Dr. Pal offers a complimentary 24–48-hour initial assessment for qualified matters—an AI-assisted issue map and strategy options (claims/standards/code targets), human-validated by Dr. Pal, under NDA and subject to conflicts clearance. This lets counsel gauge fit and prioritize discovery with minimal spend.
Bottom line: Dr. Pal connects hardware behavior, system architecture, and software evidence to the controlling standards and claim language, then documents it in a way that survives scrutiny and advances the issues that win cases.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cybersecurity
- Electronic Discovery
- Intellectual Property
- Microelectronics
- Patents
- Semiconductors
- Telecommunications
- Wireless Technology
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Professional accreditations / appointments
Adjunct Research Faculty & Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), CARDS center — 2022–present.
Degrees (awarded)
PhD, Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering — IIT Kharagpur; dissertation on non-linear impairment in optical communications.
MS, Physics (Solid-State & Optical Electronics) — IIT Kharagpur.
BS, Physics — IIT Kharagpur.
Patents (granted) —
32 U.S. patents filed; 25 granted across optical networking, sensors, and AI/ML system - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: I do teach both at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC) and privately at large Corporate CTO offices on subject matter for upskilling training.
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No.
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 8
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 1. Semiconductor & Telecommunications dispute (plaintiff-side, ~$15M): chip-level architecture, wireless protocols, network engineering; reports and deposition readiness.
2. OTA update & embedded/streaming devices: secure OTA stacks for 4K/8K pipelines; licensing and security for device-pushed software.
3, Dark-fiber leasing & capacity: optical plant analysis, budgets, link-engineering to evaluate capacity/SLA claims.
4. SoC / memory IP in networking silicon: mapped IP blocks/interconnects to asserted claims; verified latency/reach/error-rate budgets.
5. Industrial IoT security: NIST-aligned OTA frameworks; large-fleet field deployments; hardening issues. - Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 60%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 40%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 2
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 2
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 14
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting, Research, Reports- I use avocate.ai developed AI system to offer quick evaluation of thousands of data files in the case involved and make it easier to understand for the Attorneys at much more affordable cost.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: $200-$400/hour- I also offer free evaluation - based on Avocate.AI agentic AI system.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: $200/hour but effectively will be $50 per hour as I will be using highly advanced AI assisted system and can offer you a fixed price quotation between $2000-20,000 depending on volumes and complexity of the case.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: $300 per hour
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: $2000 a day
(1)Amy Ghosh
Law Offices of Amy Ghosh
213-365-2370 |amy@avocate.ai
(2) Dana Frix
Frix Advisory
dana@frixadvisory.com |7037259685