Introduction

Matt Graham is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Byron’s Intellectual Property and Patents Groups. He assists clients with obtaining U.S. and international patents primarily in chemical and mechanical technologies, including clients in the biological and industrial coating, medical device, plastic, ceramic, glass processing, construction, and food industries. He also assists clients with strategically addressing their competitors’ intellectual property, including opinions, design-arounds, and agreements, and supports the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group in patent disputes.

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2003, cum laude
• University of North Dakota, B.S., Chemical Engineering, 2000, summa cum laude

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 2003
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 2003
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2006

Practice Areas

• Intellectual Property
• IP Due Diligence, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Strategic Assessments
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Patents
• Bioscience & Chemical Technology
• Life Sciences
• Construction
• Commercial Law

Selected Publications & Presentations

• “What’s My Strategy? (Trade Secret or Patent?),” co-authored with John Dolan, FredALERT: Non-Competes & Trade Secrets, March 2011
• “Leveraging Your Intellectual Property: Trade Secret vs. Patent Protection,” Fredrikson & Byron’s Intellectual Property Focus Newsletter, July 2006
• Co-presenter, "The Ethics of Abandonment and Revival of Patent Applications: The Current Law," MIPLA CLE Stampede, May 4, 2005
• "No Supplier Exception to the 'On Sale' Patent Bar", co-authored with David C. West, Fredrikson & Byron's Intellectual Property Focus Newsletter, March 2005
• Special Protection is Not the Solution to Save Domestic Steel: A Critique of the Bush Steel Initiative, 12 J. Minn. Global Trade 199 (2003)
• Evaluating Internet Sales Tax Proposals, State Tax Notes, Vol. 25, No. 10 (2002)

Professional Activities

• Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, Managing Editor, 2002-2003, published staff member 2001-2002
• Judicial Extern, Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, U.S. District Court for The District of Minnesota, June-August 2001