Matthew Moore is regarded as one of the nation’s top patent trial attorneys and is a former Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins' Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in patent, trade secret, antitrust, and false advertising cases.

Mr. Moore has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Influential Intellectual Property Lawyers in the country. He represents Fortune 100 companies in their most complex IP litigation matters and was described by clients and peers to Chambers USA as a “phenomenal trial lawyer who argues many important cases.” Mr. Moore has litigated over 200 cases in venues across the US, including the International Trade Commission (“ITC"). He has also managed many global patent disputes involving cases around the world including Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Brazil, China, and Japan. Mr. Moore has experience across a broad range of technologies, including semiconductors, telecommunications, optics, software, electrical circuits, automotive technologies, materials, chemicals, and medical devices.

His success has been profiled numerous times by The American Lawyer, highlighting the five wins he achieved in one single day. The publication noted, “Moore and his colleagues at Latham have a knack for invalidating patents.” He was also profiled by The Recorder for his “patent hat trick” after winning three cases at the Federal Circuit in just one week for Capital One, Freddie Mac, and Volvo. His work in litigating IP/antitrust cases was praised by The American Lawyer noting, his “interesting and aggressive” trial strategy could “reset the playing field on patent litigation.”

Mr. Moore is regularly recognized as a leading intellectual property lawyer by The Legal 500, Chambers USA, IAM Patent 1000, Benchmark Litigation, and Managing Intellectual Property.

Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Moore played professional lacrosse for the Philadelphia Wings and won three NCAA Lacrosse Championships at Syracuse University.

Mr. Moore is admitted to practice before the:

  • US Supreme Court
  • US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • US District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, the Western District of Wisconsin, and the Eastern District of Michigan

Mr. Moore’s representative experience includes: 

  • First Quality v. Irving. Lead counsel for Irving Consumer Products against First Quality in a patent case in the District of Delaware, successfully obtaining a jury verdict that all three patents were not infringed and invalid.
  • In the Matter of Certain Thermoplastic-Encapsulated Electric Motors, Components Thereof, and Products and Vehicles Containing Same I. Lead counsel for Honda against Intellectual Ventures in a patent case related to electric motors in the International Trade Commission, successfully obtaining an initial determination of no violation after trial.
  • Xperi v. Samsung. Lead counsel for Xperi and several of its subsidiaries in seven patent cases asserting 24 patents related to semiconductors, circuitry, packaging and image processing against Samsung entities in the Eastern District of Texas, District of Delaware, District of New Jersey, the International Trade Commission, as well as several foreign actions. After favorable rulings in multiple forums, Xperi settled the matter favorably, resulting in a 44% increase in Xperi’s stock value.
  • Volterra Semiconductor v. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. Lead counsel for Monolithic Power Systems against Volterra Semiconductor in a patent case related to semiconductors used for voltage conversion in the District of Delaware, winning summary judgment of noninfringement.
  • Cheetah Omni v. Ciena. Lead counsel for Ciena in a patent case related to reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexers (ROADMs) in the Northern District of Texas, successfully obtaining summary judgment of noninfringement. 
  • Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Financial Corporation. Lead counsel for Capital One in a five patent infringement case brought by Intellectual Ventures in the Eastern District of Virginia, successfully defeating all five patents. Mr. Moore also argued and obtained a complete affirmance on appeal.
  • Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Financial Corporation. Lead counsel for Capital One in a second five patent infringement case brought by Intellectual Ventures in the District of Maryland, successfully defeating all five patents. Mr. Moore obtained a complete affirmance on appeal at the Federal Circuit.
  • Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company. Lead counsel for Ford in a five patent infringement case brought by Paice relating to hybrid control systems in the District of Maryland, successfully defeating a preliminary injunction motion and staying the case pending IPRs. Mr. Moore argued and won 16 appeals affirming the invalidation of claims in IPRs.
  • Bonutti Skeletal Innovations (Acacia) v. ConMed. Lead counsel for ConMed in a patent infringement case involving nine patents and ten accused products related to medical devices in the Middle District of Florida, successfully running the table on the claim construction issues in all nine patents to obtain a favorable settlement.
  • In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation: MDL 1816. Appointed as liaison counsel on behalf of 270 defendants by the Central District of California in the largest multidistrict litigation patent case in history, serving as lead counsel for GE, GM, Ford, GMAC, Marriott, Hilton, WellPoint, Safeway, ConEd, Costco, Whirlpool, Sierra Pacific, DTE, Morgan Stanley, and others, successfully obtaining summary judgment of invalidity on 46 representative claims from 20 patents.*
  • MHL Tek v. GM. Lead counsel for GM, Saturn, Ford, Volvo, Suzuki, Isuzu, and Jaguar Land Rover, et al. in a patent suit related to tire pressure monitor systems in the Eastern District of Texas, successfully defeating two patents based on an ownership trial and the third patent on summary judgment of non-infringement.

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • LLM in Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law, George Washington University Law School, 2000
  • JD, Syracuse University College of Law, 1995
  • MSSE, University of Pennsylvania, 1993
  • BSEE in Electrical Engineering, Syracuse University, 1991