Michael Machat

Michael Machat is a Founding Partner at Machat & Associates, PC, focusing his practice on intellectual property litigation and enforcement, particularly for founders and inventors. His firm handles federal litigation and intellectual property disputes against major technology and telecommunications companies.

Mr. Machat has demonstrated a strong plaintiff-side preference, representing IP owners in complex disputes. His experience includes patent infringement actions concerning mobile-network handoff, mobility, and wireless-network technologies, as evidenced by his representation of Mobility Workx, LLC against companies such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Microsoft, Samsung, and Amazon. These patent litigations have concluded with amicable settlements. Beyond patents, he has a notable record in trademark and copyright matters, securing multi-million dollar judgments and settlements for his clients.

A distinguished achievement in his career is a unanimous 9-0 victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in KP Permanent Make-Up v. Lasting Impression, which established precedent for the fair use defense in trademark law. His firm's "Landmark Victories" also include a $710,000 verdict in a 2018 trademark/cybersquatting case, REAL CALLER — Talent Mobile v. Headios, and a $3.1 million judgment in a 2024 breach of contract/fraud case. While he has extensive experience in trademark prosecution and proceedings before the USPTO's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), publicly available information does not specifically detail regular appearances in patent-specific IPR or PGR proceedings.

Mr. Machat earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Duke University in 1980 and his J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 1983. He is admitted to practice in California (1983) and New York (1985), and before the U.S. Supreme Court (2004), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1992), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2020), and several U.S. District Courts.