The Better Way

Client-Focused / Experienced / Strategic / Efficient

With 25+ years of experience, Matt has learned that what matters most is the client.  Matt is known for building long-term relationships with his clients through communication and collaboration.  He builds trust with his clients by being hands-on and really getting to know his clients and their business and legal needs.  At the end of the day, it is this client-relationship that matters most.  With Matt, each one of his clients gets his full attention, because each one of his clients truly matters to him both personally and professionally.  It is this personal connection, along with his years of experience and strategic insight, which allows Matt to obtain successful results for his clients in an efficient and economical manner.  If you would like to reach out to Matt about the better way to work with a lawyer, please email him at Matt@BernsteinIPStrategy.com or contact him by phone.

Known for his ability to see the big picture, but also with the ability to dig into the weeds, Matt is a go-to patent litigator and trial lawyer for U.S. and international clients.  He is also known as a “fixer” and “problem solver” who gets things done for his clients.  He also advises his clients on copyright, trademark, trade secret, and business litigation matters, and further advises on more “transactional” matters such as license negotiations, SEPs, FRAND, patent pools, and portfolio assertion/monetization issues.

Matt has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in district courts throughout the U.S., as well as before the ITC and PTAB.  These clients include some of the biggest companies in the world, but also many small and medium-sized companies, and everything in between.  He has tried seven patent jury cases in district courts and two patent cases at the ITC and has handled dozens of inter partes reviews.  Matt has also argued at the federal circuit. And he frequently handles disputes involving patent pools.

Matt's successful record on behalf of his clients includes negotiating early zero-dollar settlements, winning dispositive motions, and prevailing at trial and at the federal circuit. He works closely with his clients to find the most efficient, cost-effective ways to achieve their goals.

Education

• The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1998
• Tufts University, B.A., 1995

Bar and Court Admissions

• California
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Professional Recognition

• Listed in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000, 2022-2024
• Named in Best Lawyers in America: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent, 2015-2025; Patent Law, 2024-2025
• Named in Super Lawyers: Intellectual Property, 2013-2024
• Recognized as a leader in Patexia’s Patent Litigation Intelligence Report, 2021
• Named in San Diego Business Journal's, Best of the Bar, 2014-2017
• Named a "Top Attorney" (Intellectual Property Litigation) in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript, 2007-2013, 2015; San Diego Top Attorney Emeritus in 2014

Prior Employment 

Since graduating from law school in 1998, Matt has worked at several large law firms, including DLA Piper (formally Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich), Fish & Richardson, Mintz Levin, and Perkins Coie.  In law school, Matt was a law clerk for the U.S. Agency for International Development, with a Top-Secret security clearance.