Matthew C. Vella

Matthew C. Vella is a highly experienced intellectual property attorney with a focus on patent litigation, licensing, and portfolio monetization. He is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Prince Lobel Tye LLP. His career spans over 25 years, during which he has led patent licensing and litigation teams that have generated over a billion dollars in revenue across a diverse array of technology fields.

Vella's extensive technological expertise includes artificial intelligence hardware and software, mobile computing, DRAM/FLASH memory, PC architecture, databases, network management, web services, orthopedics, cardiovascular, image processing and graphics, automobile safety, voice/video codec, semiconductors, cell phone GPUs, HDTV, business intelligence and analytics, credit card authentication, and digital rights management. His experience includes licensing patents associated with devices like the Palm Pilot, VoiceAge's 3GPP voice codec, Renesas Electronics memory chips, Singular Computing's AI hardware accelerators, and Nortel Networks' voice-over-IP portfolio. While his tracked appearances include one plaintiff-side case, Alpha Modus Corp. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP, his broader experience at prior firms and as an executive at a patent licensing company indicates work across both asserting and defending patent rights.

In the Alpha Modus Corp. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP case, Vella represented the plaintiff, Alpha Modus, in a patent infringement lawsuit against H&M Fashion USA, Inc., related to patents covering real-time shopper analytics, store layout optimization, inventory intelligence, personalized marketing, and point-of-sale workflow automation. Alpha Modus alleged infringement through H&M's use of technologies such as RFID garment tracking, in-store digital video systems, mobile applications, and interactive mirrors. Notably, Vella also led the Prince Lobel team that represented Singular Computing LLC in a significant patent infringement trial against Google concerning computer chip designs, which settled just before closing arguments. He has been recognized in the IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders list for his work in intellectual property strategy.

Matthew C. Vella is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, California, and Ontario, as well as before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and various U.S. District Courts. He earned his J.D. in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Toronto Law School in 1999 and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University, obtained in 1994. Prior to joining Prince Lobel Tye, he served as President and CEO of Acacia Research, a patent licensing company, and was Senior Intellectual Property Counsel for ATI Research, Inc., and Lead Patent License Counsel for Nortel Networks. While his profile and the firm's IP practice highlight patent litigation, there is no specific indication of him regularly appearing in PTAB/IPR proceedings.