Software Trade Secret Expert Witness Services
Trusted software trade secret expertise: clear, defensible, courtroom‑ready.
We help courts and counsel prove or disprove misappropriation in software trade secret disputes. Cyberonix analyzes how alleged secrets are defined, protected, accessed, and used—linking allegations to code‑level behavior and engineering facts. We support matters under state law and the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA).
Notable Result
Summary: $105 million jury verdict (E.D. of Mich., Southern Division, Oct. 26, 2022)
Cyberonix was retained by Versata Software to assess whether Ford misappropriated its trade secrets. The jury concluded that Ford misappropriated Versata’s trade secrets and awarded approximately $105 million in damages.
What We Do
- Identify alleged trade secrets and separate them from general skills/knowledge and public domain material
- Reasonable measures analysis (NDA/PO practice, repository controls, CI/CD access, logging)
- Access and opportunity assessment (who could see what, when, and how)
- Use/disclosure/derivation analysis mapped to source code and build artifacts.
- Independent development and reverse engineering activity analyses
- Public knowledge/prior‑art sweeps, targeted at claims of secrecy
- Artifact analysis (commits, diffs, logs, emails, Slack exports; reproducible environments)
- Deliverables: technical memoranda, claim/element charts, demonstratives, expert reports, deposition, and trial testimony
Why Cyberonix for Trade Secret Litigation
- Software‑only focus: We specialize in software and software‑intensive systems, e.g., mobile, web, cloud, databases, AI, and software security
- Code‑level proof: Source code review, build artifacts, logs, and version history to test access, use, and independent development
- Courtroom‑ready experts: Our expert bench combines academic credentials and federal court experience
- Protective‑order discipline: Secure workflows aligned to typical POs for code and confidential materials
Selected Trade Secret Cases
Re: FormsNet LLC v. Glide Labs Inc.
- Retaining party: Glide Labs Inc.
- Venue: Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco
- Case No.: CGC-21-588988
- Counsel: Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
- Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Trade Secret
Financial Information Technologies Inc. v. IControl Systems, USA, LLC
- Retaining party: IControl Systems
- Venue: Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division
- Case No.: 8:17-cv-190-T-23MAP
- Counsel: Rocke McLean Sbar
- Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Trade Secret
Ford Motor Company v. Versata Software, Inc., F/K/A Trilogy Software, Inc.
- Retaining party: Versata Software, Inc., F/K/A Trilogy Software, Inc.
- Venue: Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division
- Case No.: 15-10628-MFL-EAS (consolidated with 15-11624-MFL-EAS)
- Counsel: Winston and Strawn LLP; Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi, and Mensing P.C.
- Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Patent and Trade Secret
Financial Information Technologies Inc. v. IControl Systems, USA, LLC
- Retaining party: IControl Systems
- Venue: Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division
- Case No.: 8:17-cv-190-T-23MAP
- Counsel: Rocke McLean Sbar
- Nature of suit: Intellectual Property – Trade Secret
