Peter Crosby Expert Witness
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>45 years experience in medical devices & patents

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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Biomedical Engineering and Intellectual Property

Keywords/Search Terms:

Medical devices, commercially reasonable efforts, patent, intellectual property, product liability, corporate governance, licensing, strategy, inter partes review, misappropriation of trade secrets, ITC, IPR, ITC, fiduciary duty, pacemaker, defibrillator, neurostimulator, biomedical engineering

Education:

M Eng Sci, University of Melbourne, Australia; B Eng, University of Melbourne, Australia

Years in Practice:

45

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

15

Additional Information

Peter Crosby is a biomedical engineer with over 45 years experience in the medical device industry, and has served as CEO of six medical device companies, public and private, in 4 countries. He has served as a member of the Board of 13 companies, and is currently serving as a member of the Board of three companies. He has brought many medical devices from concept to market release, through R&D, clinical trials, regulatory approval (FDA and CE Mark) and market launch. He is an inventor of over 50 issued US patents and applications and foreign equivalents. He has served as an expert in multiple patent cases - infringement, ownership, validity, IPR and ITC. His clinical domain and specialty experience includes otolaryngology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, anesthesia, pain management, radiology and diagnostic imaging, in vitro diagnostic devices, orthopedic surgery devices, and oncology. His product experience includes cochlear implants, diagnostic ultrasound, mammography, implantable cardiac pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, in vitro diagnostics, LVAD (left ventricular assist device or artificial heart), implantable neurostimulator, patient monitoring, software and Artificial Intelligence. His business function experience includes corporate management, research and development, clinical trials, regulatory approval, market launch, sales, intellectual property, merger and acquisition negotiations, licensing agreements, strategy and corporate governance. He has extensive experience raising capital, Mr. Crosby has served as a consulting expert and testifying expert in manycases, and has written expert reports, been deposed, and testified in court or arbitration several times. Categories of cases include intellectual property disputes (patent infringement or validity, IPR and ITC cases), talleged heft of intellectual property and trade secrets, interpretation of commercial contract terms (such as "commercially reasonable efforts", and product liability.