Matthew B. Hershkowitz

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Matthew B. Hershkowitz — patent litigation practice summary

Specialty / focus. Hershkowitz's docket profile is that of a generalist patent litigator with a mechanical and consumer-products center of gravity, complemented by recent multimedia-standard work. His mechanical engineering background (B.S., Lehigh) aligns with the matters he has appeared in: vacuum/floor-care technology (the Dyson–SharkNinja and Dyson/Omachron disputes, including the related IPR), automated warehouse/robotics systems (Ocado Innovation v. AutoStore, D.N.H.), and ophthalmic devices (Hoya Corp. v. Alcon, N.D. Tex.). His one tracked appearance here, Nokia Technologies Oy v. Paramount Skydance Corp., 1:25-cv-01054 (D. Del.), sits in the video-coding/streaming standards space, consistent with Nokia Technologies' licensing campaigns against media and streaming companies.

Side preference. On the tracked data he is 0-for-plaintiff / 1-for-defendant, and that defense-side tilt is consistent with what is publicly visible: he was admitted pro hac vice for the Paramount defendants in the Nokia action (D. Del., December 2025). More broadly, his identifiable client base consists of large operating companies in two-way technology disputes (Dyson, SharkNinja, Ocado, Hoya, Paramount) rather than NPE/PAE assertion work. The single-case sample is too thin to characterize him as a "defense-only" lawyer; treat the 0/1 split as directional, not a firm specialization.

Firm context. His New York attorney registration lists Latham & Watkins LLP as current employer (record updated 2026), with Kirkland & Ellis LLP as the immediately prior employer (2025); §ion of his signed IPR papers and PTAB correspondence used a Kirkland address and email. Several third-party aggregator profiles still list him at Kirkland, so the Kirkland→Latham move rests on the NY registration history and should be confirmed against the firm's own biography page. Note the disambiguation risk: he is not Benjamin Hershkowitz of Gibson Dunn (a different patent litigator), nor the "Matthew Hershkowitz" listed as a patent inventor on Justia.

Notable matters / outcomes. The most prominent verifiable matter is Nokia Technologies Oy v. Paramount Skydance Corp., in which the Paramount defendants (represented in part by him) moved to dismiss in October 2025; the docket showed briefing and a request for oral argument, with no public outcome I could verify. Beyond that, his name appears publicly in Dyson, Inc. v. SharkNinja, Inc. and the related Ocado v. AutoStore litigation, but I found no reported verdicts, Federal Circuit decisions, or confirmed settlements attributable to him by name. Any specific win/loss record should be verified directly before it is relied on.

PTAB / IPR. He does appear in PTAB proceedings — for example, in IPR2024-01233 (Dyson/Omachron vacuum patents), where he corresponded with the Board on the petitioner's behalf regarding a reply to the patent owner's preliminary response. That is enough to say he has IPR experience, not enough to say he appears "regularly" in AIA proceedings.

Bar / education. Admitted to the New York bar in 2019; J.D., Fordham University School of Law (2018); B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University (2014). He authored a student note on post-Alice § 101 eligibility, 28 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 109 (2017), and co-authored a June 2025 New York Law Journal piece on claim construction strategy. [Sourcing note: the bar/education line comes from NY attorney registration records and the law review's own author footnote, both of which are reliable for those facts.]