Cybersquatting Expert Witness

Bill Hartzer – Cybersquatting Expert Witness

Domain Name Expert Witness Bill Hartzer

Bill Hartzer Expert Witness: Recent Legal Cases

The following are a just a few of the recent legal cases where Bill Hartzer has been retained as a witness. A current, full list is available upon request.

  • Mickey Schaefer & Associates, LLC d/b/a Tourism Ambassador Institute, and Arizona limited liability company, v. Tourism Academy, Inc., a Florida corporation, Stephen Ekstrom, a Florida resident, and Sheena Works, a Florida resident. United States Court for the District of Arizona, February 2024. Prepared an expert witness report, deposed in the case. Case is ongoing as of October 2024.
  • Anicia V. Dela Cruz, Anicia V. Dela Cruz Living Trust, v. Virender K Luthra a/k/a Ravi Luthra; Ankur Luthra Krishna Business Center, Inc., dba FAB Associates, Luthra Trust, Shanda Natasha Love, PLM Loan Management Services, Inc.. Retained as an expert witness in the case. Deposed in the case, Case settled October 2024.
  • Stephen Chagares, M.D., Plaintiffs, v. Plaintiffs, Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center Faculty Practice Plan, Inc., Barnabas Health, RWJ Barnabas Health, Bill Arnold, Barbara Mihelic, Joseph Jaeger, Dr. P.H., Dr. Tom Heleotis, Eric Carney, Dr. Manpreet Kohli, Dr. Negin Griffith, John Does 1-100 (fictitious names), and ABC Companies 1-100 (fictitious names), defendants, and, Monmouth Medical Center Barnabas Health, RWJBarnabas Health, Bill Arnold, Barbara Mihelic, Dr. Thomas Heleotis, Eric Carney, and Dr. Manpreet Kohli, defendants/third party plaintiffs, v. The Plastic Surgery Center, The Institute for the Advanced Reconstruction at The Plastic Surgery Center Shrewsbury, Andres Elkwood, M.D., Dr. Antonio Toesca, Marianne Maggs, Nicholas Fotopoulos, Kristie Rossi, John Does A-C (said names being fictitious), and John Does D-F (said names being fictitious), third party defendants. Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Monmouth County Docket No: MON-L-4063-19 Civil Action. Online reputation and social media reputation case. Retained as an expert witness, prepared an expert witness report, deposed in the case. Case ongoing as of October 2024.
  • Benchmark Towing Systems, LLC, and Heavy Duty Towing, San Antonio, LLC, doing business as San Antonio Heavy Duty, plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 5: 23-cv-614, v. Chacon Business Group, Inc., Chacon Business Group, LLC, Chacon Heavy Towing LLC, Luis Esteviz Chacon III, and Lance E. Chacon IV, defendants. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. Retained as an Expert Witness. Case ongoing as of October 2024.
  • Tamera Sweeton, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, and Jason Moss, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, plaintiffs, v. WebMD, LLC, defendant. Case No. 4:23-cv-00094-BCW. United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri at Kansas City. Retained as an expert witness, prepared an expert witness report. Case ongoing as of October 2024.
  • Jonathan Kindler, on behalf of himself and other members of the putative class, plaintiffs, v. Healthgrades Marketplace, LLC, defendant. Case No. 2316-CV00209 In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri at Kansas City. Retained as an expert witness. Case ongoing as of October 2024.
  • Tamera Sweeton, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, and Jason Moss, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, plaintiffs, v. Vitals Consumer Services, LLC, defendants. Case No. 4:23-cv-00088-BCW. In the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri at Kansas City. Retained as an expert witness. Case ongoing as of October 2024.
  • PPH Enterprise Solutions Limited v Go Up Ltd.. High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, United Kingdom. Retained as an expert witness by the Defendant, June 2022. Prepared an expert witness report, other related consulting regarding search engine data, analytics data needed in the case. Case Settled in mid 2024.
  • Crowley, Hoge & Fein, PC v Yoseph Seyoum (Joe Seyoum) v. Christopher G. Hoge, Circuit Court for Montgomery County Maryland. Case Number C-15-CV-22-004124. Prepared several expert witness reports in the case. Deposed in the case. December to October 2024.
  • William Willner, plaintiff, v. Seilevel Partners, LP, doing business as Blue Fish Development Group, Ltd, Lisa Hill, Joy Beatty, and Anthony Chen, defendants, in the 201st Judicial District, Travis County, Texas. CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-21-002460. Retained as an expert witness, October 2023.
  • Express Gold Cash, Inc., v. C.J Environmental, Inc. d/b/a CashforGoldUSA.com, Emma Johnson Inc., d/b/a WealthySingleMommy.com, Steer Digital Ltd., Daniel Brown, and Adam Toutain. Case Number 1:22-cv-352, United States District Court Western District of New York. Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff, August 2022. Prepared an expert witness report.
  • San Juan Products, Inc., and American Environmental Container Corp. v. River Pools and Spas, Inc., River Pools Franchising, Inc., Thursday Pools LLC, Jason Hughes, Jim Spiess, Marcus Sheridan, Cristian Shirilla, Alex Planes, Does 1-10, inclusive. Case Number 8:21-cv-02469-TPB-JSS, United States District Court For the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. Retained by the Defendants, July 2022. Prepared an expert witness report. Case ongoing as of March 2023.
  • Product Manufacturer, Intellectual Property Report. Hired by an Orlando, Florida based Law Firm to research and provide my opinions in the form of an expert report related to internet search engine results and archived internet web pages. June 2022.
  • Bob Agahi and Valley East Properties, LLC v. Kevin Richard Kelly and Krista Kelly, Case CV2021-009873, Arizona Superior Court, Maricopa County. Retained as an expert witness by the Defendants, April 2022. Prepared and expert witness report.
  • Todd Graves Golf School, LLC v. Kirk Alan Junge, D/B/A Single Plane Golf Schools, Civil Action No. 9:21-cv-80793-AMC, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division – Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff, January 2022. Prepared an expert witness report and supplemental report, deposed March 2022.
  • William Handel, Karen Synesiou, CSP Holdco, Inc., v Ovation Fertility, FPG Services, LLC, FPG Labs, LLC, and Does 1-20, Case Number 20STCV17139, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff, December 2021. Prepared expert witness report June 2022, Deposed August 2022. Case completed February 2023.
  • O’Connor Enterprise Group, Inc., DBA EPC Group, v. Kaiser Group Ventures, LLC and Aaron Kaiser, No. 2020-71475, District Court of Harris County Texas, 164th Judicial District – Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff, May 2021. Prepared an expert witness report, October 2021.
  • Soter Technologies, LLC v IP Video Corporation, A+ Technology & Security, Inc., & Advance Convergence Group, Inc., Civil Action No. 20-cv-05007-LJL, United States District Court For The Southern District of New York – Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff. May 2021.
  • Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google Canada Corporation, Google LLC, and Alphabet Inc., Docket Number T-40-18, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Federal Court) – Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff, December 2020.
  • St George Executive Shuttle, Inc. v. Western Trails Charters & Tours LLC, d/b/a Salt Lake Express, Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-00900-BCW, United States District Court for the District of Utah Central Division – Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff. Prepared an expert witness report, August 2020.
  • Michelle Schilling v. Frank Schilling, Cause Number FAM 227 of 2017, Grand Court of the Cayman Islands – Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff. Prepared an expert witness affidavit (submitted to the court). Testified in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, October 2019.
  • John Hart v. Michael Galantino, John Walker, Case Number 1106, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County – Civil Division – Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff. Prepared an expert witness report, August 2019.
  • Opportune, LLP v Oportun, Inc. and Oportun, LLC, Case Number 4:18-CV-7, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division – Retained as an expert witness by the Defendant. Prepared an expert witness report, provided rebuttal report, deposed, August 2019.
  • A.B. Cernelle v. Graminex, LLC and Cynthia May, Case Number 03-10291 – Retained as an expert witness. Prepared an expert witness report, testified in Federal District Court, Detroit, in April 2019. Retained by the Plaintiff, A.B. Cernelle.
  • New England Based Marketing Company – Retained as expert witness in upcoming Online Reputation Management case. Case has not been filed yet. Retained by the Plaintiff in 2019.
  • RGB Plastic, LLC dba Restaurantware v. First Pack LLC dba Pack N Wood, Case No. 17-cv-6283. Retained as an expert witness by the Plaintiff. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Retained by the Plaintiff, RGB Plastic, LLC dab Restaurantware.
  • XYZ Media, Inc. v. Mark Maris, Adam Alfia, Michael Terrell, and Lead Crank, LLC – Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-00854-B. Retained as an expert witness in SEO and lead generation case by one of the Defendants. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Retained by the Defendant.
  • Christopher Hamilton v. Summa Consulting – Case 37-2014-00011235-CU-FR-CTL – Retained as SEO and Domain Name expert witness. Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego. Retained by the Defendants.
  • Brightedge Technologies, Inc. V. Searchmetrics GMBH and Searchmetrics, Inc. – Case 3:14-cv-01009 WHO – Retained as an SEO expert witness by the Plaintiff, June 2017. US District Court for the California Northern District.

 

As the internet continues to shape our daily lives, the rise of cybersquatting poses a significant challenge to individuals and businesses alike. Cybersquatting involves the registration of domain names with the intention of profiting from the goodwill associated with someone else’s trademark. In the legal battle against cybersquatting, expert witnesses with a deep understanding of internet technology and infringement issues play a pivotal role. Let’s explore Bill Hartzer’s role and the typical role of a Cybersquatting Expert Witness, their expertise in the realm of technology and infringement, and the impact they have on protecting intellectual property in the digital age.

Expert Witness: Masters of Technology and Infringement

An expert witness specializing in cybersquatting possesses a unique blend of technological expertise and knowledge of intellectual property laws. They have a deep understanding of the intricacies of cybersquatting, trademark infringement, and the internet landscape. With their extensive knowledge of technology and internet marketing practices, they can provide crucial insights into cases involving domain name disputes, infringement issues, and online brand protection strategies.

Witnesses: Unearthing Data and Expertise

Expert witnesses are the linchpins of legal proceedings, bringing forth valuable data and expertise to support their clients’ cases. In cybersquatting cases, expert witnesses delve into the intricacies of internet technology and the damages caused by infringement. They analyze domain name registrations, website content, and online marketing practices to establish a connection between the defendant’s actions and the infringement of intellectual property rights. Their testimony can make a substantial impact in court, shedding light on complex internet-related issues and providing valuable evidence.

Cases: Litigation and the Role of an Expert Witness

Cybersquatting cases often involve intricate legal disputes related to trademark infringement and online brand protection. Expert witnesses specializing in cybersquatting play a critical role in these litigation proceedings. They provide in-depth analysis and testimony on the technical aspects of the case, highlighting the defendant’s intentional misuse of domain names and the harm caused to the plaintiff’s brand. With their expertise in internet technologies and the legal landscape, they contribute to the successful resolution of cybersquatting disputes.

Internet: Expert Witnesses in the Realm of Marketing and Technology

As the internet continues to evolve, so do the strategies and technologies employed by cybersquatters. Expert witnesses specializing in cybersquatting possess a deep understanding of internet marketing practices, emerging technologies, and domain name management. They can identify the loopholes exploited by cybersquatters, uncover hidden connections, and offer strategies for preventing future infringements. By leveraging their expertise in the realm of marketing and technology, they help businesses protect their online identities and safeguard their intellectual property.

The rise of cybersquatting poses significant challenges to intellectual property owners in the digital age. However, the presence of expert witnesses specializing in cybersquatting provides a ray of hope. With their expertise in technology, infringement issues, and internet marketing practices, these professionals play a crucial role in protecting intellectual property rights. By uncovering data, providing expert testimony, and navigating the complexities of cybersquatting cases, they contribute to the successful resolution of disputes and the preservation of online brand integrity.

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