薄麦特 Matthew Bernstein
- San Diego
- Taipei
- Los Angeles
Matt 是美国及国际客户首选的专利诉讼和出庭律师。
Matt 在美国各地区法院代表原告和被告,也曾在国际贸易委员会(ITC)和专利审判与上诉委员会(PTAB)出庭。他在地区法院审理了七起专利陪审团案件和两起 ITC 案件,并处理了几十宗多方复审(IPR)程序,包括为客户在初审的口头审理中以及在联邦巡回法院的上诉中进行辩论。Matt 还经常处理涉及专利池的争议。
Matt 代表客户取得的成功记录包括早期零元和解、赢得决定性动议以及在初审和上诉中胜诉。他与客户紧密合作,寻找实现其目标的最有效、最经济的方法。
Matt 近期的专利诉讼成功案例包括:
- 为一家中国 LED 照明公司在德克萨斯州西区联邦地区法院(韦科分院)取得了侵权、故意侵权、专利有效和全额损害赔偿的陪审团裁决。
- 为一家全球虚拟现实硬件制造商在加利福尼亚州北区联邦地区法院取得了非侵权的简易判决。
- 为一家流媒体和视频硬件公司在德克萨斯州西区联邦地区法院(韦科分院)取得了全部系争专利无效的简易判决。
- 在美国历史上第二大专利侵权案件中成功为一家软件公司辩护。
- 在 ITC 诉讼中成功为台湾手机制造商辩护,包括在听证/初审和联邦巡回上诉法院的审理中认定无责任。
- 依据美国专利法第 101 条,为三家大型流媒体公司成功在撤案动议阶段使一件数字权限管理专利被判无效,并成功在联邦巡回上诉法院维持了该裁定。
- 在德克萨斯州东区、特拉华州区、德克萨斯州南区、加利福尼亚州南区、华盛顿州西区和明尼苏达州联邦地区法院为客户获得驳回起诉并不得以相同诉因再诉且无需支付任何赔偿的判决。
- 通过 IPR 程序使五件音频专利的所有系争权项被判无效,并成功在联邦巡回上诉法院维持了PTAB 的无效裁定。
- 为两家流媒体客户在早期进行的马克曼听证赢得胜利,随在特拉华州联邦地区法院赢得了非侵权协议和解判决。
- 使陪审团对某大型半导体公司作出侵权裁决,裁定其故意侵权,重金赔偿和有效性,并在地区法院获判永久禁令,惩罚性损害赔偿金,支付律师费用。
- 使陪审团对某计算器硬件公司作出裁决,裁定其有罪和重金赔偿,在地区法院获判禁令,惩罚性损害赔偿金,支付律师费用。
Matt 代表的客户涵盖众多技术和行业领域,包括半导体、计算机软件和硬件、手机、电子产品、LED、电子商务、医疗设备、媒体、汽车系统、武器系统和生物技术。除了专利侵权外,Matt 还代表客户处理商业诉讼、商标、商业秘密、商业外观和版权等事宜。
教育与证书
教育
- 乔治华盛顿大学, J.D., 1998
- 塔夫茨大学, B.A., 1995
律师和法庭资格
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美国加利福尼亚州
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台湾,外国法事务律师
- 美国最高法院
- 美国联邦巡回上诉法院
- 美国加利福尼亚州中区联邦地区法院
- 美国加利福尼亚州北区联邦地区法院
- 美国加利福尼亚州南区联邦地区法院
- 美国德克萨斯州东区联邦地区法院
相关工作经历
- 美国加州圣地亚哥 Fish & Richardson LLC 律师事务所合伙人
- 美国加州圣地亚哥 DLA Piper (之前名称为 Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich) 律师事务所律师美
- 国华盛顿特区国际开发署法律职员
专业认可
入选 IAM 全球专利 1000 强,2023-2024
在 Patexia 发布的 《专利诉讼情报报告》(Patent Litigation Intelligence Report)中被评为领军人物,2021
被《最佳律师》杂志 (The Best Lawyers in America) 评为美国最佳律师,执业领域:诉讼─知识产权和专利,2015-2025 年
超级律师 (知识产权),2013-2022 年
被美国圣地亚哥商业杂志 (San Diego Business Journal’s) ,报导为律师公会最佳律师 (Best of the Bar),2014-2017 年
被美国 San Diego Daily Transcript 报导为圣地亚哥知识产权诉讼“顶尖律师",2007-2013 年、2015 年;圣地亚哥顶尖律师荣誉,2014 年
获得法律援助服务 (Pro Bono Services) Wiley W. Manual 奖
影响
专业领导力
- 美国加州律师公会
- 美国圣地亚哥律师协会
- 美国律师公会基金会会
- 美国律师协会
见解
动态
代理经验
Patent Litigation
Advanced Audio Devices, LLC v. HTC America, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Lead counsel for HTC America in patent litigation related to audio playlists.
Agis Software Development, LLC v. HTC Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for HTC in a patent case related to mapping location services.
Alphatec Spine, Inc. v. Theken Spine LLC, et al.*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Lead counsel for patent holder Alphatec Spine in patent litigation related to cervical plate and fixation systems. The case favorably settled.
Alphatec Spine, Inc. v. X-Spine Systems, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Lead counsel for patent holder Alphatec Spine in patent litigation related to cervical plate and fixation systems.
Ameranth, Inc. v. Starbucks Corp.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Lead counsel for Starbucks in patent litigation related to online menu generation and mobile payment.
Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC v. Roku, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin Division)
Lead counsel for Roku, Inc. in patent litigation related to automatic content recognition technology.
ATEN International Company, Ltd. v. Belkin Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Counsel for ATEN in patent litigation related to KVM switches.
Barkan Wireless Access Technologies, L.P. v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for T-Mobile in a patent case related to wireless networking.
Bradium Technologies LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel for Microsoft in patent case related to mapping software.
Chinook Licensing DE, LLC v. Hulu, LLC
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel for Hulu in patent litigation related to online recommendations.
Clouding IP, LLC, v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Web Services, LLC
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel for Amazon in multiple patent case related to cloud computing.
Clouding IP, LLC, v. Dropbox, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel for Dropbox in multiple patent case related to cloud computing.
Clouding IP, LLC, v. Microsoft Corporation
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel for Microsoft in 15 patent case related to cloud computing.
Clouding IP, LLC, v. Rackspace Hosting, Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel for Rackspace in multiple patent case related to cloud computing.
Compression Technology Solutions LLC v. CA. Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Lead counsel for Quest Software in patent litigation related to data compression.
Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Chaparral Network Storage, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Represented Crossroads Systems in patent litigation jury trial related to storage routers.
Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Pathlight Technology, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Represented Crossroads Systems in patent litigation jury trial related to storage routers.
Deepwell IP LLC v. MediaTek Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division)
Lead counsel for MediaTek in four patent cases related to semiconductor adaptive body bias capability technology.
Digital Development Corp. v. Hewlett-Packard Co.*
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Defended Hewlett-Packard in patent litigation related to computer data integrity.
Digital Media Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Lead counsel for Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu in cases related to DRM technology; won motion to dismiss on Alice / 101 grounds with invalidity decision affirmed by Federal Circuit.
Display Technologies, LLC v. HTC America, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Lead counsel for defendant HTC America in a single patent case before Judge Jones involving NFC and Bluetooth wireless connectivity. Case dismissed with prejudice.
e.Digital Corporation v. Intel Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Counsel for Intel in patent litigation related to flash memory.
e-Watch, Inc., et al. v. Apple, Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for HTC America and HTC Corp. in patent litigation related to mobile image systems.
Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. v. HTC America, Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Lead counsel for HTC America in a patent case related to virtual reality technologies.
Figa v. HTC Corporation
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Lead counsel for HTC in patent litigation related to caller-id functionality on mobile phones.
FlashPoint Technology Inc. v. HTC Corporation, et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel for HTC in patent litigation concerning 10 patents related to mobile technologies; pending.
FlashPoint Technology Inc. v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc., et al.
U.S. International Trade Commission
Counsel for HTC in patent litigation concerning camera functionality in smart phones; win at trial and initial ID. ITC proceeding 337-TA-726
Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Roku
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division)
Lead counsel for Roku in 14 patent litigation (4 cases) related to video technologies; pending.
Freedom Patents LLC v. Hisense Company Ltd., et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Sherman Division)
Lead counsel for Hisense in three patent case related to WiFi technology.
Fujinon Corporation v. HTC Corporation and HTC America Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Counsel for HTC in patent litigation concerning optical lens structures found in cellular phones; pending.
Håkan Lans and Uniboard Aktiebolag v. Hewlett-Packard Co.*
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Defended Hewlett-Packard in patent litigation related to digital graphics.
InMotion Imagery Technologies, LLC v. Cyberlink.com Corp. d/b/a Texas Cyberlink Corp
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Cyberlink in patent litigation related to video indexing system.
In the Matter of Certain Movable Barrier Operator Systems and Components Thereof, U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 337-TA-1118
Lead counsel for Respondents Nortek Security & Control LLC f/k/a Linear, LLC, Nortek, Inc., and GTO Access Systems, LLC in a three-patent case before ALJ McNamara concerning garage door and gate openers; pending.
Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. et al. v. CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division)
Lead counsel for Chinese LED tube lamp manufacturer; obtained jury verdict of infringement, validity, willful infringement, and full damages on the three asserted patents following jury trial; pending.
Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. et al. v. Current Lighting Solutions, LLC D/B/A GE Current
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division)
Lead counsel for Chinese LED tube lamp manufacturer; obtained jury verdict of infringement, validity, willful infringement, and full damages on the three asserted patents following jury trial; pending.
Largan Precision, Company Ltd. v. Fujinon Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Counsel for Largan in patent litigation concerning optical lens structures; dismissed.
LBS Innovations, LLC v. Aaron Brothers, Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Adams Golf in patent litigation related to online store locators.
LBS Innovations LLC v. BP America Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for McDonald's, Starbucks, Target, Costco, U.S. Bank and others in patent litigation related to online store locators.
LBS Innovations, LLC v. Sally Beauty Supply LLC, et al
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Sally Beauty in patent litigation related to online store locators.
Lemaire Illumination Technologies, LLC v. HTC Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for HTC Corporation in patent litigation related to controlling and powering a solid-state light source such as a light-emitting diodes (LED).
Lennon Image Technologies, LLC v. Chanel, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division)
Lead counsel for Chanel in patent litigation related to virtual try-on technology.
Lennon Image Technologies, LLC v. Target Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Target in patent litigation related to virtual try-on technology.
Lodsys, LLC v. Hulu
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Hulu in patent litigation related to online reviews.
Lucent Technologies v. Microsoft Corporation*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Defended Microsoft in patent litigation jury trial related to audio encoders and decoders.
Microtune, L.P. v. Broadcom Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented Microtune in patent litigation jury trial related to integrated TV tuners.
NFC Technology LLC v. HTC America, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for HTC America in patent litigation related to near field communications.
Nonend Inventions, N.V. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel for Amazon in patent case related to streaming and sharing media.
Nonend Inventions, N.V. v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Microsoft, HTC America, HP, and Fujitsu in patent case related to media streaming.
Orientview Technologies LLC, v. Just Fabulous, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel for Just Fabulous in patent litigation related to online marketing.
Orion IP LLC v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Defended American Suzuki Motor Corp. in patent litigation related to online advertising and online parts ordering.
Orostream LLC v. NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for NHL Interactive in patent litigation related to distributing media content.
Orostream LLC v. Zuffa, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Zuffa in patent litigation related to distributing media content.
Overland Storage, Inc., v. Qualstar Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Lead counsel for Qualstar in patent litigation related to media libraries.
P2I Ltd. v. Favored Tech USA Corporation, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division)
Lead counsel for Favored Tech. and GN Audio in a two patent case related to nanocoating technologies.
ParkerVision, Inc. v. MediaTek Inc. and MediaTek USA Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division)
Lead counsel for MediaTek in three cases involving 10 patents related to RF semiconductor technology.
Perfect Corp. v. Lennon Image Technologies, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division)
Lead counsel for Perfect Corp. in declaratory judgment action related to virtual try-on technology.
Polaroid Corp. v. Hewlett-Packard Co.*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Defended Hewlett-Packard in patent litigation related to image enhancement algorithms.
Product Activation Corp. v. Autodesk, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Defended Autodesk in patent litigation related to software anti-piracy.
R&D Enterprises of San Jose, LLC v. Derma Art Technologies, Inc., One Ink Seven LLC, et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Lead counsel for Derma Art Technologies, Inc. and Painful Pleasures, Inc. in patent cases related to tattoo ink technology.
Rothschild Storage Retrieval Innovations, LLC. v. HTC Corporation, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Lead counsel for HTC America and HTC Corp. in patent case related to distributing wireless images.
Sequal Technologies, Inc. v. Inogen, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Represented patent holder Sequal in patent litigation related to portable oxygen concentrators. The case favorably settled.
SimpleAir, Inc., v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel for HTC in two patent case related to remote notification technology for mobile devices; plaintiff voluntarily dismissed claims against HTC.
Sovereign Peak Ventures, LLC v. Hisense Co., Ltd. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for Hisense in 7 patent and 4 patents cases relating to video coding and Wi-Fi technologies; pending.
Starbucks Corp. v. NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Lead counsel for Starbucks in patent litigation related to QR codes.
StylePath, Inc. v. Just Fabulous, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Lead counsel for Just Fabulous in patent litigation related to online marketing.
Synology Inc. v. Via Licensing Alliance LLC
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division)
Lead counsel for Synology in declaratory judgment action alleging no breach of a patent pool license agreement.
The Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Nortek Security & Control LLC
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Counsel for Nortek Security & Control LLC f/k/a Linear, LLC in a three-patent case before Judge Janis L. Sammartino and Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler concerning garage door and gate openers; pending.
Tierravision Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Lead counsel for Microsoft in patent litigation related to mobile mapping functionality.
Transcenic Inc. v. Google Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel for Microsoft in patent litigation related to street level imagery.
TransVideo Electronics, Ltd. v. Hulu, LLC
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel for Hulu in patent litigation related to video distribution systems.
TransVideo Electronics, Ltd. v. Netflix, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel for Netflix in patent litigation related to video distribution systems.
Treefrog Developments, Inc. d/b/a LifeProof v. Joy Factory, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Counsel for LifeProof in patent litigation related to iPhone cases.
Treefrog Developments, Inc. d/b/a LifeProof v. Klearkase, LLC, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Counsel for LifeProof in patent litigation related to iPhone cases.
Treefrog Developments, Inc. d/b/a LifeProof v. Seidio, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Counsel for LifeProof in patent litigation related to iPhone cases.
TypeRight Keyboard Corp. v. Microsoft Corporation*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Defended Microsoft in patent litigation related to ergonomic keyboards.
Uniloc 2017 LLC, v. Netflix, Inc., et al.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Lead counsel for Hulu, Netflix, and Roku in a patent case related to presenting audio and visual content on a computer or computer network; pending.
U.S. Silica Company v. Amberger Kaolinwerke Eduard Kick GmbH & Co. KG
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Lead counsel for German company (Amberger Kaolinwerke) in six patent case related to cool roofing technology; pending.
VDPP, LLC v. JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Western Division)
Lead counsel for JVCKENWOOD in two patent case related to video and image processing.
z4 Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation and Autodesk Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Defended Microsoft in patent litigation jury trial related to software anti-piracy.
Ziplink, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Lead counsel for Microsoft in patent litigation related to anti-spoofing and anti-spam technologies.
Ziplink, Inc. v. Time Warner Cable Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Lead counsel for Time Warner in patent litigation related to anti-spoofing and anti-spam technologies.
Intellectual Property Litigation
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Soft Things, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Represented Dr. Seuss Enterprises in trademark, trade dress and copyright litigation.
Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. B&L Liquor*
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Represented Lorillard Tobacco in litigation involving trademark and counterfeit.
Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. J&J Liquor*
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Represented Lorillard Tobacco in trademark and counterfeit litigation.
Metabolife International, Inc. v. OnTrack Wellness, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Represented Metabolife International in trademark and trade dress litigation.
Microtune Inc. v. Broadcom*
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Represented Microtune in antitrust litigation.
Microtune Inc. v. Silicon Wave Inc.*
Superior Court of California, San Diego County
Represented Microtune in breach of contract litigation.
Orincon Corp. v. Intelligent Automation Corp.*
Superior Court of California, San Diego County
Represented Orincon in trade secret and unfair competition litigation.
* Prior Experience