Matthew S. Yungwirth
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1075 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30309-3929
USA
Phone: +1 404 253 6935
Fax: +1 404 759 2353
Email:
MSYungwirth@duanemorris.com
Matthew S. Yungwirth practices in the areas of intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on patents, trademarks and unfair competition. Mr. Yungwirth has represented clients in a diverse range of litigation and licensing matters related to technologies such as wireless LAN systems, multi-access networks, optical interconnects, digital watermarking, VoIP, intelligent I/Os, digital signal processing and audio recording devices, digital cable set-top receivers and metallurgical casting devices.
Mr. Yungwirth is a 2000 cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as the managing editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law, and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., Eng.).
Representative Matters
- Represented Fortune 100 computer networking company in numerous patent litigation matters related matters related to (i) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology that resulted in an agreed dismissal with prejudice, (ii) Internet protocol and security technology that resulted in an award to the client of fees and expenses; and (iii) an on-going series of lawsuits related to 802.11 (g and draft-n) wireless LAN technology
- Represented a major mobile network operator in numerous patent litigation matters related to (i) UMA networks, (ii) electronic billing systems, and (ii) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
- Represented a digital watermarking company in patent litigation matter that resulted in the plaintiff voluntarily dismissing its claims
- Represented Internet security provider in patent litigation matter involving distributed security service management that resulted in settlement that the client found advantageous
- Represented metallurgical process development company in action to protect its intellectual property rights resulting in settlement that the client found favorable
- Represented a cable service provider in a patent litigation matter related to digital cable set-top receivers
- Represented a major Wisconsin paper and packaging company in a patent infringement matter that resulted in the company's competitor being enjoined from sales of infringing packaging products.
- Represented a healthcare products distributor in the successful pursuit of multiple false advertising, trade dress infringement and trademark infringement litigation matters
- Represented Fortune 500 document management company in successful pursuit of injunction against a distributor of gray market goods
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Intellectual Property Law Section - Atlanta Bar Association,
- Intellectual Property Law Section - Republican National Lawyers Association
Admissions
- Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2000
- Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., Co-op Distinction, 1996
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2009-present
- Associate, 2002-2008 - Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia
- Associate, 2000-2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
- Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Legal Profession curriculum
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Habitat for Humanity - "Buildable Hours" Team Leader
- AYSA soccer coach
Honors and Awards
- Recognized by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2005, 2006, and 2009-2013
- Co-recipient of Cisco's 2011 Litigation Law Firm of the Year Award
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "Section 1404(A) Motions To Transfer: Strategic Considerations After TS Tech, Genentech, and Other Recent Decisions," 15th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, November 11-15, 2009
- Co-author, Conservation Subdivisions: Ecological, Landscape, Construction and Legal Applications to Cherokee County, Georgia; published by University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology, Office of Public Service and Outreach, Spring 1999
- "Supreme Court Rules that 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(1) Does Not Apply to Software Copied and Installed on Computers Abroad," Duane Morris Federal Circuit Alert, May 1, 2007
Selected Speaking Engagements
- "Section 1404(A) Motions To Transfer: Strategic Considerations After TS Tech, Genentech, and Other Recent Decisions, " 15th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, November 11-15, 2009
