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Direct dial: (434) 525-1141
robert.matthews [at] latimerIP.com
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 Robert A. Matthews, Jr., provides legal consulting services to corporations and law firms regarding all aspects of U.S. patent litigation and prelitigation analysis, including:
 Patent Infringement, Validity, and Enforceability
Analyses and Strategy Formulation for Litigation
Opinions of Counsel Addressing Infringement,
Validity, and Enforceability of a U.S. Patent
Independent Assessment of Patent Law Positions
Asserted in Litigation and Prelitigation
Investigations
Drafting and Revising Briefs and other Court
Papers for Patent Litigation
Author of a multi-volume patent-law treatise, with over fifteen years of legal experience in the patent field, Mr. Matthews can rapidly apply to his client's matters an extensive breadth of knowledge and understanding of the intricacies and complexities of U.S. patent law and the substantive and procedural aspects of litigating patent disputes in U.S. federal courts.
Mr. Matthews' patent litigation and opinion experiences cover a wide variety of technical disciplines, including medical devices and consumer health-care products, pharmaceuticals under the Hatch Waxman Act (ANDA litigations), mechanical devices, electrical devices, heavy industrial equipment, and computer-controlled devices. He has assisted clients with patent matters before the Supreme Court of the United States {primary author of the 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)}, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States International Trade Commission, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and federal district courts throughout the United States, including the current "hot-beds" of patent litigation like the Eastern District of Texas, the Northern District of California, the District of Delaware, the Northern District of Illinois, the District of Minnesota, the District of New Jersey, and the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Matthews extensively follows, analyzes, and writes on developments in U.S. patent law. He is the sole author of the Annotated Patent Digest, a seven-volume, 14,000 page, work published by Thomson-West and available on Westlaw. The Annotated Patent Digest covers the full spectrum of substantive and procedural issues typically encountered in litigating patent disputes. His digest also includes a wealth of legal subject matter relevant to prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In rendering rulings on patent matters, district court judges have quoted from and relied on the Annotated Patent Digest and other written works of Mr. Matthews. E.g., Amgen v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd., 456 F. Supp. 2d 267, 283 (D. Mass. Oct. 20, 2006); Schreiber Foods, Inc. v. Beatrice Cheese, Inc., 305 F. Supp. 2d 939 (E.D. Wis. 2004). International commentators have also relied on the Annotated Patent Digest when discussing aspects of U.S. patent law.
Beyond the Annotated Patent Digest, Mr. Matthews has authored numerous patent-law articles for many publications including the National Law Journal, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford Univ.), AIPLA Quarterly Journal, IP Law and Business, Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report, the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, Patent Strategy & Management, The Legal Times, and the IP Litigator. He has also coauthored a text book on patent litigation used in the patent trial advocacy program at George Mason School of Law.
Before co-founding Latimer, Mayberry & Matthews Intellectual Property Law, LLP, Mr. Matthews was a partner with the intellectual property law firm of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner, LLP. There he concentrated his practice on patent litigation in the federal district courts, patent-related appeals in the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court, preparing opinions of counsel, and providing patent-law consulting services to the lawyers in the firm and corporate in-house counsel.
A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Mr. Matthews is a member of the state bars of Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. He is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal, Third, and Fourth Circuits, and several United States district courts. Mr. Matthews is also a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Additionally, he has earned a Martindale-Hubbell "AV" Peer-reviewed rating, the highest rating given by that organization. According to Martindale-Hubbell, an "AV" rating equates to a rating of "Very High to Preeminent." The organization further states: "An AV rating is a significant accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence."
In addition to his legal experience, Mr. Matthews, as a former Registered Professional Engineer, has considerable professional technical experience and knowledge. He holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Before pursuing his legal career, Mr. Matthews spent five years working as an engineer in the aerospace and nuclear industries. His engineering work focused on thermal and structural analysis, including structural analyses of the solid rocket boosters used with the NASA space shuttle, structural and thermal analyses of nuclear steam generators and automotive engine components, and thermal analyses of military aircraft components and avionics.
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