Matt Thayne

About Matt Thayne

Practice focused primarily on patents, including preparing and prosecuting patent applications, assisting clients with navigating patent minefields to avoid patent disputes, and resolving patent disputes, including enforcing the rights of patent-holders and defending against charges of infringement. Specialties: Practice involves preparation and prosecution of both U.S. and foreign patent applications in various technological fields. Extensive experience counseling clients and providing written opinions and analysis regarding patent matters, including product clearance, product design-arounds, patentability, patent validity, patent enforceability, and patent infringement. Performs intellectual property due diligence in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Also litigates patent and other intellectual property disputes and handles patent appeals before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Experience

1. Co-founder and Partner

   Thayne And Davis Llc

   Jul 2018 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

Education

• University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

  Juris Doctor

  1999 — 2002

• University of Utah

  Physics

Skills

• Registered Patent Attorney
• Litigation
• Drafting Patent Applications
• Prosecution
• Trademarks
• Commercial Litigation
• Copyright Law
• Client Counseling
• Courts
• Patent Law
• Patentability
• Invention
• Software Patents
• Trademark Infringement
• Software Licensing
• Intellectual Property Valuation
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Applications
• Patents
• Legal Writing
• Patent Portfolio Analysis
• Unfair Competition
• Patent Prosecution
• Intellectual Property Strategy
• Legal Opinions
• Appeals
• Intellectual Property
• Licensing
• Patent Drafting
• Patent Analysis
• Litigation Support
• Intellectual Property Infringement
• Trade Secrets
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Ip Counseling
• Lifesciences
• Patent Portfolio Management
• Technology Transfer
• Patent Preparation
• Intellectual Asset Management