Matthew Pearson > Akin > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
TWO COMMERCE SQUARE, SUITE 2200, 2005 MARKET STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Matthew Pearson
Work Department
Partner, Intellectual Property
Position
Dr. Pearson’s practice focuses on patent litigation, representing numerous key industry players in pharmaceuticals, chemistry and biology, with a particular focus on biologics and antibody technology. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and, before transitioning to law, worked at the National Institutes of Health. His scientific background has allowed him to successfully litigate major patent disputes involving biologics, an extremely competitive and technically complex field.
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation; Life Sciences; Strategic IP Counseling; Inter Partes Review; Supreme Court & Appellate: IP
To learn more about Matthew please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/matthew-a-pearson
Career
Frequent speaker on patent litigation, biologics and biosimilars.
Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, summa cum laude, 2005
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1999
B.S., Michigan State University, with high honors, 1993
Personal
Adjunct professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, patent litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Led by life sciences expert Steven Maslowski in Philadelphia, the intellectual property group at Akin is experienced in all US patent litigation forums and represents clients in a broad range of technical fields. Also in Philadelphia, Matthew Pearson is a patent attorney specializing in the life sciences sector, and Ruben Muñoz litigates IP disputes for a wide range of tech companies. The group in Washington DC includes seasoned patent litigators Cono Carrano and Brandon Rash, Z.W. Julius Chen, who represents clients in all stages of appellate litigation, and Rachel Elsby, who focuses on patent litigation and appeals to the Federal Circuit. Other key practitioners include patent infringement disputes specialist Michael Kahn in New York and Daniel Moffett in San Antonio, who represents clients in all aspects of IP procurement and protection.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism