Matthew Satchwell

Matt Satchwell serves as DLA Piper’s US Chair of Patent Litigation and oversees the firm’s industry-leading patent litigation group in our representation of the world’s largest tech, industrial, and life sciences companies.

Matt focuses his Chambers-ranked patent litigation practice on first-chair representation of his clients in a variety of high-tech fields.  Praised by the respected legal directory The Legal 500 US as an "unstoppable force" who is "very reliable for [his] clients but formidable to [his] opponents," Matt has achieved significant courtroom successes for his clients in complex IP cases at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in a variety of federal district courts popular with patent plaintiffs, including the District of Delaware, the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California.

Matt was also lead counsel in one of the first inter partes reviews filed under the America Invents Act (on behalf of an automotive client) and continues to routinely argue and win IPR hearings at the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB).

For many years Matt has been recognized as a leading patent litigator in IAM Patent 1000, where he has been commended for "focus[ing] on the end game from the moment a case is filed, which means he is thoroughly prepared for trial, but equally well placed to end disputes with a business resolution before trial." That publication has also hailed Matt as "proactive and ridiculously diligent" and known for his "magnificent leadership." The Legal 500 US has recommended Matt, who is "truly a pleasure to work with. Always available and always takes a broad view with strategic, long-term-big-picture outcomes in mind." Law360 praises Matt’s "successful international practice representing some of the world’s largest technology companies in major patent litigation."