Matthew C. Gaudet practices in the areas of intellectual property litigation with a focus on patent litigation, as well as related complex commercial litigation and technology litigation. Mr. Gaudet has represented a wide range of clients in complex, multidistrict patent and antitrust cases, trademark and unfair competition cases, and other commercial disputes. He has been involved in numerous jury and bench trials and has appeared as lead counsel before panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and federal district courts across the country. Before entering private practice, Mr. Gaudet served a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Susan H. Black of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

A member of the State Bar of Georgia and the New York State Bar Association, Mr. Gaudet is admitted to practice in Georgia and New York. Mr. Gaudet is a 1997 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University School of Law and a magna cum laude graduate of Louisiana State University.

Areas Of Practice

Intellectual Property Litigation
Antitrust and Complex Commercial Litigation
Technology Litigation

Representative Matters

Won jury verdict for a major Internet Service Provider accused of infringing three patents relating to ADSL technology, in which the jury found the patents not infringed and invalid on numerous grounds.
Won a complete defense verdict on all four patents-at-issue for a major manufacturer of cable set-top boxes in the largest Section 337 proceeding ever tried before the International Trade Commission.
Won summary judgment of non-infringement in the Eastern District of Texas for a major Internet Service Provider in a complex, multi-party patent infringement matter involving an alleged invention relating to Internet access.
Won summary judgment of non-infringement of all eight patents-at-issue for a major manufacturer of cable set-top boxes in complex, multi-district patent and antitrust litigation relating to interactive program guides.
Secured dismissal without payment for a major manufacturer of VoIP telephony equipment accused of patent infringement.
Secured large settlement for two well-known inventors in the aluminum casting industry in connection with the prosecution of trade secret misappropriation claims and related patent claims.

Professional Activities

New York State Bar Association
State Bar of Georgia

Admissions

Georgia
New York

Education

Duke University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
Louisiana State University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1993

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2005-present
- Associate, 2002-2004
King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia
- Associate, 1998-2002
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Law Clerk, Honorable Susan H. Black, 1997-1998

Civic and Charitable Activities

Represented numerous individuals pro bono in appointed federal habeas corpus proceedings and in Section 1983 inmate litigation, including multiple appearances before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and a jury trial in the Middle District of Georgia.