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Michael V. Dowd Partner Boston 617 832 1266 direct 617 832 7000 fax Email For more than a decade Michael Dowd has represented clients in patent litigation. He has help clients assert patents or defend products involving a variety of applications, including e-commerce, electronics, software, mechanical systems and medical devices. As part of his trial work he has extensive experience working with experts in the fields of electronics, software, electrochemistry and economic analysis. Michael also undertakes litigation and client counseling that involves trade secrets, inventorship issues, software licensing disputes and legal opinions. Michael has a strong background in both medical and electronic technologies. He has handled plaintiff and defendant patent infringement representation on behalf of researchers and manufacturers in the medical and biotechnology fields, involving medical devices, electrochemical blood testing and human stem cell technology. Prior to attending law school, Michael worked for eight years as an electrical engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation as a member of advanced development groups focused on robotics and automation. While there he helped develop hardware and software for prototype automated manufacturing systems and received U.S. Patent No. 5,596,283 for a Continuous Motion Electrical Circuit Interconnect Test Method and Apparatus. In 2002 Michael was Special Assistant District Attorney for Norfolk County, Massachusetts, serving as lead prosecutor in numerous jury and bench trials. Bars and Court Admissions Massachusetts U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts Representative Experience The following is a brief summary of Michael's experience and accomplishments: Represented Lambda Electronics in defending one of a group of actions brought against leading manufacturers of DC-to-DC power converters; obtained a favorable claim construction ruling and successfully defended it on appeal, leading to a favorable settlement; VLT, Inc. v. Artesyn et al., 2004 U.S. App. Lexis 10188 (Fed. Cir.) Defended a leading manufacturer of mobile satellite dish systems against a competitor’s suit for patent infringement; obtained jury verdict that competitor's patent claim is invalid Represented the defendant in patent suit by Cognex Corporation involving machine vision and software algorithms, obtaining a favorable claim construction decision, Cognex Corp. v. Electro Scientific Industries, 214 F. Supp. 2d 110, modified, 242 F. Supp. 2d 47 (D. Mass. 2003) Represented an e-commerce service provider against claims of infringement involving the use of credit cards to make purchases over the Internet Defended the developer of an artificial human heart, Abiomed, Inc., in a patent and trade secret case involving the transmission of energy to the implanted device without wires piercing the skin; obtained dismissal of all patent infringement claims and jury verdict for Abiomed on remaining trade secret claims professional / civic involvement Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Member of Litigation Committee Boston Bar Association | 