Matthew R. Shapiro

Matthew Shapiro is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's New York office. 

Areas of Practice

Matthew is a trial lawyer with more than 13 years of experience representing clients in complex patent disputes before federal district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Matthew manages high-stakes patent litigations for leading multinational companies. He develops and implements case strategies, leads discovery, technical and damages teams, and prepares and presents witnesses at trial. His experience spans a broad range of technical fields, including industrial systems, consumer electronics, automotive components, and consumer products.

In addition to his district court and ITC litigation experience, Matthew also has considerable experience with inter partes review proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, where he has served as counsel in more than thirty proceedings. He also advises clients involved in multi-jurisdictional proceedings pending before US courts and Europe’s Unified Patent Court.

Prior to law school, Matthew worked as a computer and software engineer for Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, where he designed software for sonar navigation and positive train control systems. Matthew is the co-inventor of U.S. Patent No. 7,383,719 for an Automated Passenger Screening System, which resulted from his active contributions to the company’s “think tank.”

Matthew has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Connecticut ranking first in his graduating class in the school of engineering. He wrote his honors thesis on a Method for Quantitative Analysis of the Software Defect Life Cycle.

Experience

• A Leading Korean Consumer Products Manufacturer (W.D. Tex., PTAB, Fed. Cir.): Represents a manufacturer in a 10-patent litigation and two IPRs involving Wi-Fi wireless down conversion technologies.
• A Leading Tier 1 Automotive Supplier (D. Del.): Defended a leading supplier of connected vehicle solutions and consumer electronics in multiple litigations involving adaptive noise cancellation technologies.
• A Korean Consumer Electronics Manufacturer (E.D. Tex., Fed. Cir.): Represented a manufacturer in a 7-patent litigation involving 3G, LTE, 5G, and user interface patents relating to cell phones and tablets.
• A Leading Consumer Electronics Company (ITC, Fed. Cir.): Defended a company against claims of infringement in a six-patent case relating to programming of universal remote controls.
• A Multinational Consumer Electronics Company (ITC, Fed. Cir.): Defended a client against claims of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation in a Section 337 action.
• A Multinational Consumer Electronics Company (PTAB, USPTO): Represented a client as Petitioner in multiple inter partes reviews and ex parte reexaminations concerning image sensor patents.
• A Leading Provider of Industrial Process Management Solutions (ITC, N.D. Ga., PTAB, Fed. Cir., S. Ct.): Represented a client in a 10-patent district court litigation, multiple inter partes reviews, an ITC Investigation, and multiple appeals therefrom, resulting in the USPTO cancelling over 100 claims through successful inter partes and covered business method reviews, and an ITC finding of no violation in a Section 337 investigation, all related to wireless mesh networking products.
• A Leading Private Research University (JAMS): Successfully defended a client against an alleged fraud claim related to the licensing of a pharmaceutical asset.
• A Leading Provider of Multimedia Control Devices (E.D. Tex.): Defended against alleged infringement of network-based lighting control products by a non-practicing entity.
• A Large Japanese Automotive Manufacturer (E.D. Tex.): Defended against infringement allegations concerning LCD backlighting and LED taillight technologies by a non-practicing entity.
• A Major Commercial Insurance Company (N.D. Ohio): Defended against infringement allegations related to usage-based insurance underwriting based on vehicle telematics data, and asserted patents related to processing and quoting of insurance policies.

Honors

• Federal Circuit Bar Association Global Fellow, 2024-2025
• “U.S. Firm of the Year – PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board),” Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards, 2024
• Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2026
• Rising Star, New York Super Lawyers, 2018-2025
• ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in Intellectual Property Law, 2012
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Society 

Articles

• “How The UPC, ITC Complement Each Other in Patent Law,” Law360, January 3, 2025
• “What to Know About Licensing Negotiation Groups,” Managing Intellectual Property podcast, November 26, 2024
•  “Takeaways from the Inaugural Year of the EU Unified Patent Court,” IP Litigator, September-October 2024
• “Litigation, Professional Perspective - Section 337 Unfair Import Investigations After the Sunsetting of Chevron – Changes on the Horizon?” Bloomberg Law, August 2024
• “US Discovery Law Aids Response to Patent Court Evidence Demands,” Bloomberg Law, January 30, 2024
• “US Discovery Law Aids Response to Patent Court Evidence Demands,” Bloomberg Law, January 30, 2024
• “Unified Patent Court Strategic Considerations,” IP Litigator, July-August 2023
• “Navigating Europe’s New Game-Changing Unified Patent Court,” Law360, July 25, 2023
•  “IP Rulings Show Agency Policies May Curb Appellate Review,” Law360, April 7, 2023
• “ITC Section 337 Investigations: 2022 Highlights and Horizon Issues,” Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology, January 16, 2023
• “Potential Benefits of Adding Attorney Fee-Shifting at the ITC,” Law360, September 12, 2022
• “Patent Eligibility Is Becoming Increasingly Relevant At ITC,” Law360, November 29, 2021

Media Mentions

Speaking Engagements

• Keynote Speaker, “IP Powertrain: Building Resilience in Challenging Times,” Intellectual Asset Management’s IAM Live Auto IP USA 2025 conference, April 30, 2025
• Presenter, “Cross-Border Misappropriation: Trade Secret Investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission,” NERA webinar, March 26, 2025
• Speaker, "Masterclass: Cars at the Unified Patent Court," IAM Auto IP Europe, October 8, 2024
• Speaker, “Navigating New Developments in Parallel Proceedings with the ITC and PTAB,” ACI ITC Litigation and Enforcement Conference, June 7-8, 2022

Memberships

• WNET/WLIW Community Advisory Board (PBS), 2008-2018
• Board of Directors of the University of Connecticut Cooperative Corporation, 2006-2012
• The Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, 2011-2012