Sarah Matthews

Career

Sarah W. Matthews is a registered patent lawyer and regularly works in other areas of intellectual property and technology such as trademark prosecution and portfolio management. Sarah focuses on patent prosecution, including drafting and prosecuting patents in a wide range of technologies, from medical devices to consumer products. Sarah also handles all aspects of patent law, including validity and infringement opinions, counseling, and due diligence. Sarah takes a holistic approach to intellectual property procurement and management and offers her clients practical, cost-effective solutions. Sarah is experienced in intellectual property licensing, intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property portfolio management, intellectual property opinions, domain name dispute proceedings under the ICANN, and DMCA take-downs.

Professional Memberships

Member, Washington State Patent Law Association, 2011

Member, Washington State Bar, 2011

Member, Utah State Bar, 2010

USPTO Registered Patent Attorney, 2010

Publications

Co-Author, “Blurred lines: Protection of consumer products through design patents, trade dress and copyright in the US,” Intellectual Property Magazine, June 2021

Author, “New Examination Guidelines from the USPTO on Subject Matter Eligibility: What it Means for the Patentability of Your Inventions,” Lexology, July 2015

Work Highlights

Presenter, “Blurring the Lines: Protection of Consumer Products through Design Patents, Trademarks, Trade Dress, and Copyright,” 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute, July 2020

Education

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