Matthew Ford is an IP and commercial litigator at Bartlit Beck LLP with experience representing clients in high-stakes patent infringements and other disputes. Ford counsels international and large national clients, including Fortune 500 companies across a broad range of industries, such as financial services, technology, and pharma.
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Chicago Elite
Profile
Education
Northwestern University School of Law, 2007, J.D., magna cum laude
University of Notre Dame, 2001, B.A., cum laude
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Key clients
- Viasat
Work highlights
Representing Viasat in two patent infringement cases against Kioxia and Western Digital, claiming infringements on Viasat's patents on error correction for flash memories in Viasat's NAND-flash-memory-containing products.
Represented Reddit in an action filed against Perplexity AI and companies specializing in circumventing anti-scraping measures.

