Rick Matthews concentrates his practice on intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, licensing and related litigation. He has represented companies in intellectual property disputes in over 40 states as a first-chair trial attorney and in bet-the-company litigation. He has extensive experience handling every aspect of litigation through trial and appeal. His cases have spanned federal courts across the country and before the Patent Trial and Board (PTAB), International Trade Commission (ITC), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Fourth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Federal Circuit and Supreme Court.
Rick Matthews concentrates his practice on intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, licensing and related litigation. He has represented companies in intellectual property disputes in over 40 states as a first-chair trial attorney and in bet-the-company litigation. He has extensive experience handling every aspect of litigation through trial and appeal. His cases have spanned federal courts across the country and before the Patent Trial and Board (PTAB), International Trade Commission (ITC), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Fourth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Federal Circuit and Supreme Court.
While Rick has been practicing patent law since 2003, he is also certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Trademark Law. Rick has been recognized by Chambers USA for Intellectual Property Law (2019). He has also been named among North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” by Business North Carolina (2014-present); listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Trademark Law and Patent Law (2017-present); listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers for Intellectual Property Law (2011-2016); and named among the Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 in Intellectual Property for North Carolina by the American Society of Legal Advocates.
Rick is licensed to practice law in North Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and he is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Rick received a B.S. in chemistry with a focus in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; a J.D. from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University; and a Masters of Law degree in intellectual property law from the George Washington University Law School. He clerked in the ITC’s Office of Unfair Import Investigation, focusing on Section 337 patent cases. In addition, he interned at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the Honorable Judge Susan G. Braden.
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01.14.2021
17 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers List; Camden, Kapp, Scott and Johnson Named to Top Lists
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01.05.2021
16 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2021 ‘Legal Elite’
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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04.28.2020
29 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 11 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2020
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04.24.2020
Supreme Court in Romag v. Fossil Finds Willfulness Not Required for Trademark Profits
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01.02.2020
13 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2020 ‘Legal Elite’
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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04.25.2019
30 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2019
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01.02.2019
13 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2019 ‘Legal Elite’; Keith Kapp and Elizabeth Scott Inducted Into Hall of Fame
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08.15.2018
110 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in Latest Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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04.11.2018
Rick Matthews Discusses Recent Trademark Infringement Victory with Law360
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01.03.2018
11 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2018 ‘Legal Elite’
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08.14.2017
114 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2018
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01.06.2017
Eight Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s ‘Legal Elite’ in 2017
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08.15.2016
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2017 Best Lawyers in America
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01.21.2016
12 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers
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01.11.2016
Seven Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2016 North Carolina ‘Legal Elite’
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12.28.2015
Federal Circuit Rules Lanham Act Prohibition on “Disparaging” Trademarks is Unconstitutional, but The Slants Case is No Guaranteed Win for the Redskins
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03.27.2015
Clearing Up the Confusion as to Preclusion: Supreme Court’s Trademark Ruling Gives Deference to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
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01.27.2015
Supreme Court Cuts Out a Slice of the Federal Circuit’s De Novo Pie
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01.21.2015
Williams Mullen North Carolina Attorneys Named 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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01.12.2015
Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2015 North Carolina “Legal Elite”
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09.12.2014
Rick Matthews talks IP law on Metro Raleigh Business Radio X
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04.04.2014
Supreme Court Agrees to Take Case Assessing Scope of Review for Claim Construction
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03.14.2014
Williams Mullen Welcomes Intellectual Property Attorney Richard Matthews