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Bert Wells is a partner in the firm’s New York office whose practice is focused on intellectual property, information technology and other technology matters. He represents software and technology companies, e-commerce companies, financial institutions, industrial businesses, and publishers and cultural organizations in the exploitation, licensing and creation of technology, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property. Mr. Wells also advises policyholder clients on complex insurance matters, including the resolution of large claims, development of settlement strategies, and negotiation of settlements.
Representative Matters
- Series of transactions for technology development and implementation for a leading participant in the shipping and logistics industry that focused on physical security of facilities and tracking of rolling stock. These projects concerned integration of customized hardware (including GPS, RFID, OCR, biometric, and other systems) and custom software systems with the client’s existing IT.
- All technology and intellectual property aspects of UBS Investment Bank’s acquisition of the gas and electrical power trading operations of Enron. The EnronOnline web site at the heart of that acquisition was supported by hundreds of employees and over 600 servers, 50 proprietary software systems, and about 400 third-party software systems.
- Advised a major industrial corporation on insurance coverage litigation and settlement strategy, and negotiated numerous coverage settlements, arising from the manufacturer’s exposure to mass tort litigation throughout the US and liability for hazardous waste disposal.
Previous Experience
- Bellcore Laboratories/Bell Laboratories, Research Mathematician (1984)
- Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (1982-1984)
Honors and Rankings
- New York Super Lawyer, Intellectual Property (2007)
Pro Bono
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (intellectual property and new media matters)
- Safe Water Network, a nonprofit corporation developing solutions to the shortage of water fit for drinking in the developing world (corporate and intellectual property matters)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Information Technology Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Former Chair
- Licensing Executives Society, the Copyright Society of the USA, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the International Technology Law Association, Member
- New York Hall of Science, Trustee
- Metropolitan Opera Guild, Member of the Board of Directors
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Science and the American Physical Society, Member
Publications and Speeches
- "Are You Set for Subprime?," Legal Times (3/3/2008), Co-Author
- "E-Commerce Law & Business (2 vols.)," Aspen Publishers (2003), Co-Editor and Contributer
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