Mr. Matthew C. Gaudet

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Won summary judgment on a release defense for Cisco Systems in the Eastern District of Texas in an 8-patent case regarding optical technology.
  Won summary judgment of non-infringement for Seagate Technology LLC in the Eastern District of Texas in a patent dispute brought over a telecommunications patent.
  Won case dispositive claim construction
  indefiniteness rulings in the District of Delaware for Time Warner, Charter, Verizon, Cox
  ARRIS against four patents allegedly covering 802.11-compliant product.
  Won jury verdict of infringement in the Eastern District of Texas for a patent holder against two major automobile manufacturers, resulting in an 8-figure judgment
  a multimillion-dollar annual ongoing royalty.
  Won jury verdict in the District of Delaware for EarthLink on three patents relating to ADSL technology, in which the jury found the patents not infringed
  invalid on numerous grounds.
  Won a complete defense verdict on all four patents-at-issue for a major manufacturer of cable set-top boxes in the largest Section 337 proceeding ever tried before the International Trade Commission.
  Won summary judgment in the District of Delaware against all claims in patent
  trade secret litigation between major military contractors relating to technology to protect low-flying aircraft from heat-seeking missiles.
  Won summary judgment in the District of New Jersey for a medical device manufacturer that a key competitor's patent relating to prosthetic knees is invalid,
  did so after taking the case over from prior counsel.
  Won judgment on the pleadings in the District of Delaware summary judgment of non-infringement for CenturyLink in patent litigation relating to ADSL technology.
  Won summary judgment of non-infringement in the Eastern District of Texas for a major Internet Service Provider in a complex, multi-party patent infringement matter involving an alleged invention relating to Internet access.
  Won an order shifting $300,000 of e-discovery costs to a plaintiff patent holding company
  a corresponding $87,000 attorneys' fee award against that plaintiff on behalf of a major supplier of hardware for routing e-mail, then won summary judgment of non-infringement
  /or invalidity against all patents asserted in the case in the Northern District of Georgia.
  Won summary judgment of non-infringement of all eight patents-at-issue for a major manufacturer of cable set-top boxes in complex, multi-district patent
  antitrust litigation relating to interactive program guides in the Northern District of Georgia.
  Secured an 8-figure royalty arrangement in favor of a well-known research foundation in patent litigation against two major, global healthcare companies relating to the cell line used to manufacture the protein in a vaccine for HPV