Matt Berkowitz

Practice focus. Matt Berkowitz (Matthew G. Berkowitz) is a Silicon Valley-based patent trial partner at Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP (RJLF), which he joined in June 2023 after nearly two decades at Shearman & Sterling, where he was a partner and built out the firm's IP litigation practice (he began his career at Kenyon & Kenyon in New York; one directory profile still shows his pre-move A&O Shearman listing, but firm, Chambers, and Benchmark profiles all confirm RJLF). His docket spans district court and ITC litigation, PTAB post-grant work, and Federal Circuit appeals across consumer electronics, memory/storage systems, automotive and aerospace systems, software/networking, and pharma. He holds a B.S. in industrial engineering (Penn State) and a J.D., cum laude (Temple, 2005); he is admitted in New York (2006) and California, before the Federal Circuit, and at the USPTO (Reg. No. 57,215).

Side preference and notable matters. Berkowitz works both sides. He has long represented operating companies (publicly documented clients include Toyota, Sony, Airbus, GE Healthcare, and Western Digital), but his current, high-profile engagement is for the NPE/licensing group Valtrus Innovations and Key Patent Innovations (and affiliate Malikie), which acquired BlackBerry's roughly 32,000-patent portfolio (4G/5G, Wi-Fi, and software patents). His single tracked appearance — defendant side, as respondent counsel — aligns with his role as respondent counsel in In re SAP America, Inc., No. 25-118 (Fed. Cir., decided Apr. 10, 2025), a precedential per curiam order in which the Federal Circuit denied SAP's mandamus petition to transfer Valtrus's infringement case out of the Marshall, Texas division; he and his team prevailed over counsel led by former USPTO Director Kathi Vidal, without oral argument (Patently-O; Fed Circuit Blog; CAFC docket). The related merits case, Malikie Innovations/Key Patent Innovations v. SAP America (E.D. Tex. 2:25-cv-00946, Judge Gilstrap), where Berkowitz was designated attorney-in-charge for the plaintiffs, settled and was dismissed with prejudice in December 2025 (PACER Monitor docket).

PTAB/IPR experience. IPR practice is a regular part of his work — his firm bio states he has served as lead counsel in more than 20 district court and post-grant proceedings, and he has appeared on both sides of the board: as petitioner-side backup counsel for Toyota (IPR2013-00414) and on Western Digital IPRs (IPR2021-00864/-00929) while at Shearman, and more recently as patent-owner backup counsel for Valtrus in SAP America v. Valtrus Innovations (IPR2025-00418). He has also argued before the PTAB and multiple Federal Circuit panels, with several reported wins on appeal.