Overview
Matthew represents clients in a wide variety of intellectual property and commercial disputes including patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright, and contract matters. His cases involve a wide variety of technologies, including medical monitoring, parallel computing, HVAC and A/V control systems, electrochemical fuel cells, therapeutic eye drops, consumer electronic devices, and patio umbrellas. He has represented clients in district courts throughout the country and in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition matters.
Matthew is a licensed VFR pilot. While in law school, he served as the production editor for the Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. Prior to law school, Matthew worked as a project engineer.
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (J.D., 2022), Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
- Northwestern University (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2017)
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Deleted Specification Portions Undermine Claim Construction
FMC Corp. v. Sharda USA, LLC Before Moore, Chen, and Barnett. Appeal from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Summary: The district court erred by construing a claim term based on...
New Trial Granted Because “Nearly All” of the Defendant’s Noninfringement Evidence Was Untimely
TRUDELL MED. INT’L INC. V. D R BURTON HEALTHCARE, LLC Before Moore, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Summary: The...
Unclean Hands and Inequitable Conduct: Dishonesty Is Not the Best Policy
LUV N’ CARE, LTD. v. LAURAIN
Before Reyna, Hughes, and Stark. Appeal from the Western District of Louisiana.
Summary: The district court correctly found unclean hands, but erred by finding no inequitable conduct without addressing the collective weight of the evidence of prosecution misconduct.