Practice Expertise

  • Copyright Counseling and Litigation
  • 3D Printing
  • Competition and Consumer Protection
  • Antitrust and Consumer Protection

Areas of Practice

  • 3D Printing
  • Antitrust and Consumer Protection
  • Competition and Consumer Protection
  • Copyright Counseling and Litigation
  • Cyber Investigation and Privacy Litigation
  • Cyber Investigations and Privacy Litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation
  • Patent Litigation
  • Patent Prosecution and Litigation
  • Post-Grant Patent and Administrative Trials ...
  • Post-Grant Proceedings Practice
  • Software Audits
  • Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation
  • Trademark – Non-Contentious
  • Trademark Counseling and Litigation
  • Trademark Proceedings
  • View More

Profile

Leveraging his extensive technical experience, Matt’s practice focuses on patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation and computer forensics investigations.

Matt is counsel in the firm’s Washington office, where he manages the day-to-day conduct of complex patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation in US district courts and administrative review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the US Patent and Trademark Office. His practice also includes advising on IP-related aspects of corporate transactions, prosecuting and managing patent and trademark portfolios, and leveraging his technical knowledge in cyber investigations. Matt previously worked as a software developer in the federal government and industry and is a certified commercial airplane pilot.

Matt is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the US District Courts for the District of Columbia, Eastern District of Virginia, Eastern District of Texas and District of Maryland, and the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Relevant Experience

  • Successfully defended a consumer electronics company against patent infringement claims, securing not only a dismissal of all claims, but also recovering nearly half a million dollars in attorneys’ fees.
  • Represents a Fortune 500 chemical company in a series of related patent, antitrust, and business tort cases involving flexographic printing technology.
  • Advises toy and home goods retailer on trademark, trade dress, and related IP issues in connection with new product development and package designs.
  • Represented a European API supplier in Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical patent litigation involving chiral platinum-based compounds.
  • Represents leading national insurance company in a variety of intellectual proper matters, including brand protection counseling, trademark infringement and dilution litigation, and trade secret litigation.
  • Represented a leading manufacturer of hybrid TV tuner products in twenty-patent infringement litigation against a direct competitor, achieving a successful resolution before trial.

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Education
BS, The George Washington University, Computer Science, summa cum laude, 2003

Areas of Practice

  • 3D Printing
  • Antitrust and Consumer Protection
  • Competition and Consumer Protection
  • Copyright Counseling and Litigation
  • Cyber Investigation and Privacy Litigation
  • Cyber Investigations and Privacy Litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation
  • Patent Litigation
  • Patent Prosecution and Litigation
  • Post-Grant Patent and Administrative Trials Practice
  • Post-Grant Proceedings Practice
  • Software Audits
  • Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation
  • Trademark – Non-Contentious
  • Trademark Counseling and Litigation
  • Trademark Proceedings

Professional Career


Professional Activities and Experience
  • “Rising Star,” Washington, DC Super Lawyers magazine, 2014-2016


Articles

  • Preparing for Software License Audits, Bloomberg Law
  • 2019 Retail Industry Year in Review

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