Guideline has extensive experience conducting research and providing expert witness services for a wide variety of legal disputes. We can help you decide which research method or combination of methods will be the most effective in producing the most valuable results.

Intellectual Property Support

Guideline has a full line of IP capabilities ranging from customized research on IP development to information and analysis supporting IP commercialization and value management.

• Expert analysis from in-house patent and trademark specialists
• Extensive patent and non-patent prior art analysis
• Field research for early infringement identification
• Infringement valuation based on quantitative methodologies
• Patent, product and process analysis for infringement detection

Product Liability & Insurance Support

Guideline offers a wide range of consultation services for case qualification and expert-based technical analysis to support discovery.

• Assistance in litigation briefs development to support the case
• Access to a network of expert witnesses
• Investigate and field research to support discovery
• On-demand expert based technical analysis to support discovery
• Quick expert consultation for case qualification

For more information on Intellectual Property, Product Liability and Insurance Support, please contact:
or call 952.853.1518
or call 561.330.9009
or call 952.853.1545

Expert Survey Research

Guideline has conducted hundreds of studies intended to withstand even the most rigorous adversarial and judicial scrutiny. Our sophisticated research methodologies and analysis techniques enable us to produce legally and statistically sound results.

• Trademark & Trade Dress Law:
• Secondary Meaning
• Confusion and Infringement
• Genericism/Distinctiveness
• Dilution
• Trademark Disparagement
• Advertising Perception and Comprehension
• Claims Substantiation
• Other Disputes Involving Consumer Perception and Behavior
• Critiques of Third Party Surveys
• Design Patents

For more information on Expert Survey Research, please contact:
or call 212.329.1018
or call 212.329.1030