Milton Springut Partner P: 212 813-1600 F: 212 813-9600 E: ms@creativity-law.com Practice Areas Patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets, trade dress, anti-counterfeiting, litigation, licensing, prosecution and deals Science and Technology Expertise Computer Software and Hardware, Electrical and Electronic Arts

Milton is a founding partner of Kalow & Springut where he specializes in intellectual property litigation and is one of our country's few experts in counterfeiting and gray goods litigation. He has developed a particular strength in the litigation of patent, trademark and copyright cases, including the successful litigation of the first U.S. case to impose statutory damages for counterfeit goods under the Anti-Counterfeiting Act of 1984. Another case, Gucci America, Inc. v. Hall & Associates, established that Internet Service Providers are not immune from secondary liability for trademark infringement for infringing content posted on websites on the World Wide Web. Recently, in Cartier, Inc. v. Four Star Jewelry Creations, Inc., Mr. Springut established an effective means and method for plaintiffs to secure valid trade dress rights. He is also expert in developing cost-effective business procedures, directing investigations and bringing legal proceedings to combat the proliferation of high-end counterfeits.

Drawing on his experience at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he spent 5 years working on computer hardware and software systems, Milton has spent his legal career extensively involved in the areas of electrical and electronic systems and computer hardware and software. Milton has also created and implemented procedures to combat the proliferation of counterfeit and gray goods, directing both investigations and legal proceedings on behalf of clients that range from hi-tech entrepreneurs to national consumer goods and service organizations to international fashion houses.

Milton holds a B.S., Electrical Engineering from the City College of New York, an M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Columbia University and a J.D. from Seton Hall University. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association, and frequently lectures on intellectual property matters before professional associations including the American Bankruptcy Institute (Co-Chair IP Asset Presentation Panel), the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (Co-Chair - Attorney/Investigator Task Force), the World Trade Institute, the Software Publishers Association (Chair - Software Piracy Panel) and the United States Customs Service.

Milton's practice focuses on litigating trademark, copyright and patent infringement disputes, including disputes related to high-end counterfeiting. He also counsels clients on freedom to operate issues, Internet law and cost-effective trademark strategies.

Milton has authored articles that include:

New York Law Journal Articles (David A. Kalow and Milton Springut)

2007	"The Independence of the Patent Office and the Courts"
2007	"How Much is That Patent Worth?"
2007	"Trade Dress, Trademark Distinction Meaningful Again?"
2006	"Early Is Better Than Late for Strategizing Your Patents"
2006	"Broadest Scope of 'Inequitable-Conduct' Materiality Is Endorsed"
2005	"It's Time to Pay Closer Attention to Digital Millennium Copyrigh"
2005	"Integra: a Fatal Blow to Biotechnology?"
2005	"Awarding Profits in Trademark Infringement Cases Made Easier"
2005	"The Increasingly Long Arm of U.S. Patent Law"
2005	"Federal Circuit Makes Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Har"
2005	"Noncompliance With Bayh-Dole Leads to Army Getting Patent Title"
2005	"Embracing the Arm's-Length Licensor: Closer Than You Think"
2004	"Design Patents Take Center Stage in the Federal Circuit"

Recent Law Review and Other Articles

2003	"Proving Willfulness in Trademark Counterfeiting Cases", The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, 27 Colum.

Milton has also lectured on intellectual property issues that include:

• INTA Annual Meeting; IP Rights Enforcement: Protecting Product Configuration; Speaker, "U.S. Protection of Product Design", 2006
• Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH, Anticounterfeiting Group; Speaker, "Recent Trends in U.S. Anti Ð Counterfeiting and Other IP Enforcement", 2006
• Beijing Intellectual Property Bureau, Beijing, China; Seminar: "Trade-Show Attacks, Defense, and Using U.S. Law to Increase Profits of Chinese Companies", 2005