[ih] Internet analyses (Was Re: IPv8...)

John R. Levine johnl at iecc.com
Tue Apr 28 13:24:29 PDT 2026


> Being an expert witness, though: THAT pays good bucks. At the Apple v.
> Samsung trial, one witness testified that he got $850 an hour, and he put
> in 900 hours on the case.

I suspect many if not most of the people on this list have gotten on the 
patent expert witness gravy train.  I've been in probably a dozen cases on 
the defense side against patents that were garbage, and one on the 
plaintiff side against Microsoft for a patent that was pretty good.

I should definitely increase my rate, though.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl at taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
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