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IMS Expert services has a team of top experts, which they call the EliteXpert group. Dr. Don Rickert is a
Designated EliteXpert by IMS ExpertServices.
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Don Rickert was recently (5-13-12) accepted as a Member of the Expert Witness Network Group on LinkedIn. This is a group that carefully evaluates prospective members, so this recent news is huge for Don Rickert Research and Design, for whom Patent Litigation Expert Services (i.e. Expert Witness Services) is a key line of business.
The following is the current "short" Curriculum Vitae (CV) for Donald Rickert, Ph.D., IDSA. "Short" means that it does not contain Don's bibliography and certain other appendices, which are available upon request.
Additional Resources Related to Don Rickert's Product Design, Design Research and Management Consulting
The following documents relate more to Product Design, Management Consulting and Design Research consulting rather than Patent Litigation Expert Witness Services specifically.
Wiederholt & Rickert Partners, LLC, is a unique Patent Litigation Expert Services and New Product Design/Design Research firm. Generally doing business either under the names Don Rickert Research & Design™ (DBA), The Rickert Expert Group™ (DBA) and Don Rickert Musical Instruments™ (DBA).
Provide the full spectrum of Expert Witness and associated Consulting
Services to Legal Counsel involved in Patent infringement cases,
including prior art research, writing expert opinion Declarations (e.g.
Federal Court “Rule 26 Reports”) and Rebuttals (e.g. to opposition
Expert Reports) for U.S. District Court, as well actually testifying as
an Expert Witness in cases that go to trial.
Expert Witness Experience and Special Skills (SUMMARY):
Experience
as Testifying (i.e. Lead) Expert Witness on a landmark patent
infringement case (U.S. District Court) and multiple ITC 337
Investigations
Physical Infringement Analysis:
Beyond-the-ordinary experience as an expert witness in analyzing
internal electro-mechanical structures (e.g. switching mechanisms) and
electronic components of accused devices
Experience in review and analysis of USPTO Patent Prosecution Records
Experience in preparing Expert reports (Rule 26 Reports, Rebuttals, and Expert Declarations)
Deposition and trial experience, exhibit preparation
Practice limited to Testifying (i.e. Primary) Expert on major U.S. District Court patent infringement cases. Will consider ITC 337 Investigations in cases involving musical instruments and/or associated accessories.
Managing Partner and Principal Expert Witness, Dr. Don Rickert is certified as a Designated IMS EliteXpert. IMS ExpertServices, a leading full service expert witness and litigation consultant delivery firm in the U.S.
He is also a certified Expert with the Beche Group IP Services, the preeminent Expert Witness agency in the San Fransico Bay Area (i.e Silicon Valley). The Beche Group connects top litigators with the world’s preeminent expert witnesses, hard-to-find experts that are top in their field, for complex patent infringement matters.
DESIGN RESEARCH:
Qualitative & Quantitative Research (Usability evaluation, Customer
and Market Research, Observational Methods - Ethnography, Depth
Interviewing, etc.), including statistical analysis of quantitative
metrics, such as customer satisfaction, consumer preference and quality
assurance data.
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF CUSTOM PRODUCTS: Experience and expertise spans a variety of industries, with a good mix of online media and other interactive products, as well as physical goods.
The Don Rickert Research & Design™ AND the Don Rickert Musial Instruments studios (called “Wild Rock”) are near Hiawassee, GA, USA, a small town in the North Georgia Mountains. Wild Rock is on the boundary of the Chattahoochee National Forest Wilderness Area, which continues as the Nantahala National Forest Wilderness at the nearby North Carolina border.
The Guthman Musical Instrument Design Competition, sponsored by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, is an annual event to find the world’s best new ideas in musicality, design and engineering, Wired magazine has called the competition an “X-Prize for music,” and contestants have likened it to a TED Conference for new musical instrument designers.
Dr. Rickert’s entry, an Electro-mechanically Augmented Acoustic Violin (EAAV), bridges the gaps between acoustic violins and electric as well as MIDI violins. This musical instrument invention will generate several Design and Utility Patents.
A new improved version of EAAV is being constructed now.
Don Rickert Musical Instruments Reboot
The newly reformed Don Rickert Musical Instruments (www.RickertMusicalInstruments) is completing a transition from a low-margin online retailer of musical instruments (www.AdventurousMuseStore.com) and excessories (our own and other brands) to exclusively custom-designed and built high-end musical instruments. Customers now pay a premium rate for actual time and materials. Bows (for now, at least), consignments and some vintage instruments will continue to be sold via the Adventurous Muse Store. This will be changing very soon, as ALL musical products will be moved to the new D. Rickert Musical Instruments site.
