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Biography
I am a patent-law consultant and sole author of the widley used and cited treatise the "Annotated Patent Digest." My consulting services help in-house and/or trial counsel quickly and cost effectively analyze patent issues for matters before the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, ITC, BPAI, and U.S. district courts throughout the nation. I am also available to serve as an arbitrator or neutral evaluator for disputes relating to U.S. patents.
Practice Areas
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Practice Area
Patent Infringement
100%
34 years
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Licensed in District of Columbia for 26 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1999
No misconduct found
Licensed in Virginia for 23 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Licensed in Pennsylvania for 29 years
State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 1996
No misconduct found
Licensed in North Carolina for 33 years
State: North Carolina
Acquired: 1992
No misconduct found
Location
Matthews Patent-Law Consulting
P.O. Box 22, Forest, VA, 24551
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Experience
Honors
2005
AV Rated,
Work Experience
2009 - Present
Owner, Matthews Patent-Law Consulting
2007 - 2009
Partner, Latimer, Mayberry & Matthews Intellectual Property Law, LLP
1999 - 2007
, Finnegan Henderson Farrabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP
1996 - 1999
, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay LLP
1992 - 1996
, Patton Boggs, LLP
Associations
2010 - Present
American Bar Association
2006 - Present
Intellectual Property Owners Association
2002 - Present
Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Section
1996 - Present
American Intellectual Property Law Assoc.
1983 - 1989
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sample of Legal Cases
KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
Bilski v. Doll
Education
1992
University of Virginia School of Law
Juris Doctorate
1987
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Master of Science
1985
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
BSME
Speaking Engagements
2011
Intellectual Property Law Symposium
Patents: Innovation Builders or Business Weapons
2010
Interviewed by Thomson-Reuters Legal News
Bilski v. Kappos
2009
West’s Patent Law Lunch & Learn (21 Club NYC)
Challenges for Non-Practicing Entities
2009
Realites and Myths in Patent Litigation Today
eBay's Impact on Patent Holding Companies
2009
AIPLA Midwitner Meeting
Legal Nuances When a Patent-Holding Co. enforces a patent
2008
Annual IP Counsel Forum
Willful Infringement under Seagate
2007
AIPLA Annual Meeting - Patent Litig. Committee
KSR's Impact in the Courts - Expect the Need to Show the Unexpected
2004
AIPLA MidWinter Conf. - Antitrust Section Mtg.
FTC Proposed Patent Reforms
Publications
2015
Annotated Patent Digest, West
15 volume patent law treatise (First published 2005)
2012
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook - West
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook 2012-2013
2011
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook - West
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook 2011-2012
2010
Patent Happenings (monthly newsletter)
Patent Happenings
2010
Patently-O Law Journal
When Multiple Plaintiffs/Realtors Sue for the Same Act of Patent False Marking
2009
2009
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook - West
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook 2009-2010
2009
IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review
Legal Nuances When a Patent Holding Company Seeks to Enforce a U.S. Patent
2008
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook - West
Patent Jury Instruction Handbook 2008-2009
2007
West Group publication
West White Paper: A Sea of Unanswered Questions Spawned by the Wake of In re Seagate
2007
Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice
A Primer on U.S. Antitrust Claims Against Patentees Under Walker Process
2006
U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief
Brief of Amicus Curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in Support of Respondents before the Supreme Court of the United States in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., No. 04-1350, 2006 WL 2967758 (Oct. 16, 2006)
2005
Patent Strategy & Management
Accounting For Patent-Holding Companies In Infringement Litigation
2004
Patent Litigation
Coauthor Chapter 13 - Appeals
2004
Virginia Journal of Law & Technology
Examining the FTC’s 2003 Proposed Reforms to U.S. Patent Law in View of the Present Legal Landscape - 9 VA.J. OF LAW & TECH. No. 11
2004
AIPLA Quarterly Journal
A Potential Hidden Cost of a Patent-Holding Company: The Loss of Lost-Profit Damages - 32 AIPLA Q.J. 503
2004
Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal
Schering v. Geneva — Just How Far Can Inherent Anticipation Extend? - 20 SANTA CLARA COMP. & HIGH TECH. L. J. 779
2003
National Law Journal
Patent-holding Companies Hold Risks
2002
Patent World
Festo’s Impact on Litigating Infringement Claims and Prosecuting Patent Applications in the U.S
2002
Managing Intellectual Property
A New Revolution Looms (Interviewed and quoted in article, but not an author of the article)
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