Many disputes today hinge on what software is doing behind the scenes. 43IT brings experience in court-ready evidence and investigations to software and platform behavior outside the embedded automotive context.

We help legal teams translate dispute questions into technical questions that can be tested and write court-ready reports that document the results of our technical investigation.

Software disputes beyond embedded systems

Our years of experience in high-stakes automotive litigation have enabled us to build expertise in developing technical tests and communicating the results to a non-technical audience. This can be applied to the investigation of software and platform behavior.

• Technical investigation
  We have developed strong methodologies for analyzing automotive firmware that are also applicable to the adjacent fields of investigations of application and general software behavior.
• Test design and reproducibility
  We design targeted tests to answer specific technical questions. Test setups, assumptions, input data, execution steps, and observed results are documented so that the work can be reviewed, repeated, and challenged.
• Measurement and data analysis
  We are capable of structuring, processing, and analyzing even large data sets in order to identify relevant patterns, document findings transparently, and explain the technical basis of our conclusions.
• Reports for legal proceedings
  We prepare technical findings in a form that lawyers, opposing experts, and courts can follow. This includes written reports and support for expert meetings or hearings.

Example topics

While our track record has been built in the automotive cases, we are looking to apply these methodologies to broader software disputes. Our team includes software engineers and technical experts with experience in legal cases and proven skills in the automotive cases we have participated in. We welcome early-stage discussions on any software related legal matters.

Our capabilities can, for example, be applied to

• Software copyright disputes
• Trade secret disputes
• Platform, app, API, or service behavior disputes
• Patent matters involving software-implemented functionality
• Comparison of software versions, configurations, or product behavior

We provide technical evidence. Legal infringement assessment remains the task of legal teams and the competent courts.