Matthew F. Weil is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Orange County office. Matt is a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department and focuses his practice on complex patent litigation and counseling.
Matt has been successfully involved in cases running the gamut from electronics (Flash memory, MP3 players, plasma televisions, color scanners, font generation circuitry) to mechanical devices and products (products used in semiconductor manufacturing, softball bats, explosives for the mining industry) to medical and biotechnology (cardiac stents, peptides for mediating cell surface adhesion). Matt has also has experience with trademark and trade dress litigation over famous trademarks and product configurations.
Before joining the Firm, from 1992 to 2000, Matt practiced intellectual property law in San Francisco and Newport Beach. From 1991 to 1992, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Phoenix, Arizona.
Matt is a member of the California bar and admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California.
Matt has published extensively in the area of patent law and Federal Circuit jurisprudence, co-authoring articles in the Santa Clara Law Review, the Berkeley High Technology Law Journal, and the Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society, among others. Matt has also served on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Patent Law Association, the Board of Editors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s AIPLA Quarterly Journal and on the Advisory Board of the Whittier Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law.
Representative Experience
- Lead Counsel for SanDisk Corporation in multinational MP3 patent litigation
- Represented global electronics manufacturer in plasma TV patent litigation
- Representing major explosives manufacturer in ongoing patent litigation
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 1991
- Columbia University, M.A., 1988
- University of California-Davis, B.A., 1985
Languages Spoken
- English
- Russian
