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Richard T. Matthews ("Rick") is licensed in North Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia, in addition to being registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 2002. His practice involves various aspects of patent, trademark, trade dress and copyright related prosecution, litigation, opinion work, and licensing, along with inter partes and ex parte reexaminations.

Mr. Matthews received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a focus in Biochemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Juris Doctor degree from Campbell University, and a Master of Laws degree in Intellectual Property from The George Washington University School of Law.

Prior to joining Hultquist IP, Mr. Matthews was a litigation associate with Oblon Spivak, an intellectual property firm based in the Washington, D.C. area. During that time, Mr. Matthews was counsel on numerous cases, including:

* Arcelor France v. Mittal Steel USA, Inc., District of Delaware (06-307); patent case involving aluminum coated boron steel products.
* CIF Licensing d/b/a GE Licensing v. Denso Corp., et al. (Valeo), Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division) (2:06-cv-00345 DF); patent case involving charge pump voltage regulator.
* GPS Industries, Inc., et al. v. Altex Corp., Skyhawke Technologies, Inc., et al., Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division) (3:07cv0831-K); patent case involving global positioning systems.
* Mary Queen of The Third Millennium, Inc. v. The Foundation for Christian Civilization, Inc., Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Opposition No.: 91/157,073; opposition proceeding.
* National Products, Inc. v. Gamber Johnson, LLC, Western District of Washington (2:04-cv-02524); patent and trade dress case in mechanical art.
* Restoration Industry Association, Inc. v. Certified Restorers Consulting Group, LLC, et al., District of Idaho (CIV 07-0227); case of unfair competition and breach of fiduciary duty.
* Zambon Group S.p.A. v. Teva, District Court for the District of Columbia (1:04cv01157); patent case involving pharmaceutical compound.

Prior to his association with Oblon, Spivak, Mr. Matthews worked for over two years as a patent agent prosecuting patents in the mechanical, electrical and biotechnical fields. Mr. Matthews also clerked at the International Trade Commission Office of Unfair Import Investigation, where he was actively involved in a number of Section 337 cases. In addition, Mr. Matthews interned at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the Honorable Susan G. Braden, where he advised the Judge on technical issues and drafted portions of a patent claim construction opinion involving military night-vision technology - Honeywell Int’l v. United States, No. 02-1909, 66 Fed. Cl. 400 (Ct. Cl. 2005).

Mr. Matthews is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association, the Licensing Executives Society, the Federal Circuit Bar Association, and the Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association. He also is a member of the IPO Litigation Committee and the AIPLA Litigation Committee. Mr. Matthews regularly lectures on patent law at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering.