Background
Powers, Matthew T. was born on January 8, 1961 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Powers, Matthew T. was born on January 8, 1961 in San Francisco, California, United States.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1983). Santa Clara University (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1986). Articles Editor, Santa Clara University Law Review, 1985-1986.
Worked at Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel Limited Liability Partnership (San Jose, California) specializing in Intellectual Property Law, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Mask Works, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets and Licensing. Litigation in Federal and State Courts. Corporate, Commercial and General Business Law.
And International and Government Contracts Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1986, California, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California. 1987, United States. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Central Districts of California.
1993, United States. Court of Federal Claims.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in contracts, torts, criminal law, criminal procedure and constitutional law. Articles Editor, Santa Clara University Law Review, 1985-1986. Author: "Homeowner Association Standing in California: A Proposal to Expand the Role of Unit Owner," 26 Santa Clara Law Review 619, 1986.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Litigation and Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Sections).
Santa Clara County and American (Member, Young Lawyers" Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel emphasizes intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trademarks, mask works, trade secrets, unfair competition and licensing) and related litigation and business transactions. Based in Silicon Valley, the Firm offers legal services to domestic and international clients in the electronics, computer, biotech and other industries.
Established in 1976, Skjerven, Morrill now has approximately 80 attorneys and maintains offices in San Jose and San Francisco, California, and Austin, Texas.
In addition to its intellectual property law practice, Skjerven, Morrill provides clients with a broad range of related business law and litigation services. The Firm represents clients in negotiating and structuring licensing and technology transfer agreements, corporate acquisitions, business organizations and financings, commercial transactions and various types of international joint ventures in which the technology owned or to be developed by the participants is an important element of the transaction. The Firm represents litigants in disputes that turn on technological issues, many involving both complex technology and novel questions of law.
The Firm also represents clients in a variety of general business and litigation matters.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Litigation and Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Sections). Santa Clara County and American (Member, Young Lawyers" Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.