Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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Re: Wave Patents.

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PUBLICATIONS Gary M. Butter

AREA(S) OF PRACTICE:
Intellectual Property, Patents, Technology Solutions


Gary Butter focuses primarily on high-tech patent litigation, and also has significant experience in other patent and trade secret litigation, as well as intellectual property due diligence and counseling, patent preparation and prosecution, intellectual property licensing, and many other areas associated with a broad intellectual property practice.

Mr. Butter counsels both high-tech companies and individual inventors on all aspects of intellectual property protection, licensing, enforcement, risk analysis, and dispute resolution, and helps clients develop robust intellectual property protection programs. Although adept in many fields, his focus is primarily on legal matters that relate to computing, software, telecommunications, and mechanical technologies. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Butter is an assistant adjunct professor of patent law at Brooklyn Law School.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Butter spent three years as an officer aboard the USS Billfish, a nuclear-powered attack submarine. This experience, along with eighteen months of formal technical naval training, gave him special insight into various engineering disciplines, including propulsion, power generation, atmosphere control, sonar, and weapons control systems. Currently, he is a commander in the United States Naval Reserve.

Concentration

Developing, licensing, enforcing, and defending patent and other intellectual property assets, primarily involving computing, software, telecommunications, and mechanical technologies

Representative Engagements

Cisco Systems - patent litigation relating to computer switching gear, and counseling on other patent matters

MasterCard International - patent litigation and counseling relating to software technologies

Liberty Media - due diligence matters

Mitsubishi International - patent and trademark counseling

Masco Corporation - patent litigation in the electrical and mechanical technologies

Wave Systems - counseling, enforcement, and patent and trademark procurement, including the development and management of the company's intellectual property program and a worldwide patent portfolio directed to computer and content security systems, software, and methodologies

Tumi, Incorporated - patent litigation, counseling, and patent procurement
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company - patent litigation, counseling, and patent procurement
Construction Specialties, Incorporated - counseling, enforcement, and patent and trademark procurement
Education and Honors

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1990
B.S. (with merit), electrical engineering, United States Naval Academy, 1982

Admissions and Affiliations

New Jersey State Bar
New York State Bar

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey

United States Patent and Trademark Office

American Bar Association
New York Intellectual Property Law Association

Publications, Speeches, and Presentations

Publications

"Using Trade Secret Law to Protect Computer Software," Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1991 (Robert C. Scheinfeld, co-author)
Speeches and Presentations

"Festo: The Last Implications for Practitioners," New York Intellectual Property Law Association, New York, November 2003
"Avoiding a Charge of Inequitable Conduct With Respect to Declarations Executed by Non-English-Speaking Inventors," Joint Patent Seminar, New York, 2001
"Guidelines for Patent Opinions of Counsel," Joint Patent Seminar, New York, April 2000