Ronald R. Butters
Forensic Linguistic Research
1000 Lamond Ave.
Durham,NC 27701
telephone: 919-423-8866
fax: 919-287-2616
e-mail: RonButters@aol.com
• Professor of English & Cultural Anthropology, Duke University,
Emeritus
• Former Chair, Department of English, Duke University
• Former Chair, Linguistics Program, Duke University
• Co-Editor, International Journal of Speech, Language, and Law
• Vice-President, International Association of Forensic Linguists
I concluded forty years of professional service in teaching and research at Duke University in September, 2007. For over twenty years I have consulted with law firms and served as an expert witness in matters concerning linguistics and the law, and I continue to offer my services as linguistic expert specializing in
• trademark issues (strength of mark, likelihood of confusion,
word history, dilution, putatively scandalous marks)
• interpretation of the language of contracts and statutes
• allegations of defamation
• verifiability of confessions and interrogations
• the interpretation of linguistic evidence--spoken, written, and
electronic
Linguistics Expert/Trademark Linguistics/Expert Witness
Links:
• Duke University web site:
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/English/faculty/amspeech
• Curriculum vitae (with list of expert testimony since 2004):
click here
• Ronald R. Butters, "A Linguistic Look at Trademark Dilution,"
Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, vol.
24 (2008), 101–113: click here
• See also the Intellectual Property Law Association's "John Doe"
reproduction of one of my report templates on the AIPLA Index
of Sample Pleadings ("Declaration of Dr. John Doe"): click here