Background
Powers, Matthew D. was born on July 7, 1959 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Powers, Matthew D. was born on July 7, 1959 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science, 1979). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982).
Worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges Limited Liability Partnership (Menlo Park, California) specializing in Intellectual Property Law, International Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1982, California and United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
1983, United States.
District Court, Central District of California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1985, United States. District Court, Eastern District of California.
1986, United States.
Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. 1988, United States. Supreme Court. 1990, United States. Court of International Trade and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas.
1991, United States. District Court, Northern District of Indiana and United States. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth and Seventh Circuits.
Author: "Analyzing the Federal Circuits" Record on Injections," National Law Journal June 1, 1992). "International Intellectual Property Developments in 1991: A Year of Transformation and Evolution," 4 Journal of Proprietary Rights7 (February 1992).
"Japanese Intellectual Property Law: Past, Present and Future," J. Propriety Rights (March, 1991).
Member, Interstate Commerce Commission Commission on Intellectual and Industrial Property, 1990. Chairman, International Patent Law Subcommittee, 1989, American Bar Association. Company-Editor-in-Chief: The Journal of Propriety Rights.
Editorial Board, International Litigation Quarterly, 1991.
Member: State Bar of California. (Resident).
Member, Interstate Commerce Commission Commission on Intellectual and Industrial Property, 1990. Chairman, International Patent Law Subcommittee, 1989, American Bar Association. Company-Editor-in-Chief: The Journal of Propriety Rights.
Editorial Board, International Litigation Quarterly, 1991.
Member: State Bar of California. (Resident).