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Owner & Managing Partner of Wiederholt & Rickert Partners, LLC, (DBA) Don Rickert Research & Design and its subsidiaries

Biography

I am an experienced Patent Litigation Expert Witness, Human-Factors-Ergonomics and Human-Computer Interaction Expert, Professional Industrial Designer, Design Researcher, Musical Instrument Designer/Maker, Musician and Historian of Technology. I have over 20 years' experience as thought-leader, researcher, designer/inventor and manager in New Product Development (NPD).

Managing Partner (Owner) of Wiederholt & Rickert Partners, LLC, a unique Patent Litigation Expert Services and New Product Design/Design Research firm, which generally does business under the names Don Rickert Research & Design™, DBA and Don Rickert Musical Instruments™, DBA

Don Rickert Research & Design™ (www.DonRickertDesign.com) focuses on:

• Patent Litigation Expert Services

• Design Research

• Management consulting in the areas of New Product Design (NPD), User Experience (UX) and Human Factors/Ergonomics

• Design and fabrication of conceptual and custom products (many industries and types of products)

Don Rickert Musical Instruments™ (www.RickertMusicalinstruments.com) focuses on:

• Designing and making custom musical instruments for professional performers

• Inventing musical instruments with a focus on winning international design competitions

• Owner of more than 110 videos on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/DoctorFiddle) and 50 audio recordings of world-class musicians playing Don Rickert Musical Instruments


Specialties: Deep familiarity and experience with Federal Court Patent infringement lawsuit rules of evidence, procedures, Expert Declarations (written reports to the Court), and the overall role of lead Expert Witness; Possess a powerful and confident demeanor, but likeable and cool under attack; Ability to synthesize seemingly unrelated social, legal, political and technological historical time-lines and weave these threads into the real story of how disruptive innovations like the iPod and iTunes came about…and can tell the story so that all can understand.

Interests

I am a Professional Industrial Designer and experienced Patent Litigation Expert Witness. Expertise in Product Design, Design Research, User Interface Design, New Product Development (NPD),Human-Factors-Ergonomics and Human-Computer Interaction. More than 30 years' experience as thought-leader, researcher, designer/inventor and manager in research, product design and product development for the technology, consumer electronics, telecommunications, retail, medical, entertainment, musical equipment, musical instrument and banking industries, as well as others. Currently, I am the Managing Partner (Owner) of Wiederholt & Rickert Partners, LLC, a unique New Product Development, User Research, Design Research & Patent Litigation Expert Services firm, serving a variety of industries and product types. The firm generally does business under the names Don Rickert Research & Design™, Rickert Expert Group™ and Don Rickert Musical Instruments™ (DBA).