Butler, Jeffrey M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• German

Lawyer Overview

Jeffrey Butler advises domestic and international companies on patent and other IP matters. He has significant experience in litigation and adversarial matters regarding all aspects of U.S. intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, antitrust, unfair competition, copyright, and computer law. He counsels clients on domestic and international licensing, IP acquisition, and IP exploitation and also develops global IP strategies for clients.

Jeffrey represents major European companies in patent, copyright, trade secret, and breach-of-contract matters. In addition, he provides strategic advice to a host of European-based and other international companies in areas such as global patent exploitation, global IP acquisition, and global defense of IP rights.

He has authored and coauthored articles on numerous U.S. and international IP and litigation topics, including new developments in U.S. patent and trademark law, antitrust and unfair competition, copyright law, moral rights, computer law, and depositions and discovery. He has presented papers, seminars, and symposia on those subjects in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Jeffrey is based in New York City and Frankfurt. He previously spent six years living and practicing U.S. law in Germany. He is a member of the board of directors of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V. (DAJV), GRUR, VPP, and the Federal Bar Council. He also is a "solicitor" member of the Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court, an American Inn of Court dedicated to IP law.

Areas of Practice

• Patent Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Prosecution & IP Counseling
• Trademarks, Unfair Competition & Copyrights
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Automotive
• Biotechnology
• Chemicals
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Diagnostics
• Emerging Technologies
• Life Sciences
• Medical Devices

Representative Cases

• SAP defends against copyright infringement and other claims relating to service of enterprise software , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• George Washington University
• Trinity College

Published Works

• Die US Marke (The US Trademark), Carl Heymanns Verlag, Germany, 2011
• Patent Damages in the U.S.A.; Indirect Infringement Law in the U.S.A.; and Patent Claim Construction in the U.S.A., coauthor, Patent Infringement Worldwide, 2009
• Teaching, Suggestion and Motivation: KSR v. Teleflex and the Chemical Arts, coauthor, Fordham University Intellectual Property Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2007
• Patent Licensing in Light of MedImmune, Building and Enforcing Intellectual Property Value – An International Guide for the Boardroom, IP Value, 2007
• The Implications of MedImmune v Genentech, coauthor, IAM: From Innovation to Commercialisation, 2007
• Licensee's Rights Prevail in MedImmune, coauthor, International Law Office e-Newsletter, 2007
• Antitrust Issues In IP Licensing, Building and Enforcing Intellectual Property Value – An International Guide for the Boardroom, IP Value, 2006
• Waxman-Hatch Litigation From The Perspective Of The Generic Pharmaceutical Industry, coauathor, Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook,Chapter 6, 2nd Ed. (BNA), 2005
• The Damages Test, comparisons between German patent damages and U.S. patent damages, coauthor, Patent World, 2005
• Obtaining Evidence By Means Of US Discovery For Use In Proceedings And Tribunals Outside The US, Building and Enforcing Intellectual Property Value - An International Guide for the Boardroom, IP Value, 2005
• Intellectual Property Opinions, coauthor, Legal Opinion Letters: A Comprehensive Guide To Opinion Letter Practice, Chapter 9, 3rd Ed., 2003

Address

222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017-6702

Phones

1.212.326.3726 (Business Phone)
49.69.9726.9864 (Other Phone)

Faxes

1.212.755.7306 (Business Fax)
49.69.9726.3993 (Other Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com