RECENT REPRESENTATIONS

Lead counsel on numerous cases in state and federal courts and before arbitration panels in disputes involving alleged infringement of patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition and wrongful registration of internet domain names. In addition, Mr. Matulis has successfully resolved numerous matters prior to either party filing a lawsuit. Mr. Matulis’s prior experience representing inventors before the United States Patent and Trademark Office provides invaluable insight in enforcing and defending against claims of patent infringement.

DISTINCTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law, The Florida Bar
• Listed in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition for 2011 - featuring selected Intellectual Law attorneys from across the United States
• Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America® 2011" in the specialty of Intellectual Property Law
• AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Appointed Co-Chair of the Hillsborough County Bar Association Intellectual Property Committee, 2009-10
• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association: Patent Litigation Committee; Trademark Litigation Committee; Contributing Author to Case Summary Updates, 2005
• The Florida Bar: Business Law Section, Intellectual Property Committee; Computer Law Committee
• Glen Terrell Inn of Court
• The C.H. Ferguson – M.E. White American Inn of Court

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES

• Author, "The Real Cost to Your Client to Register Copyright in Their Website," Lawyer Magazine (upcoming August 2009)
  
• Presenter, “Copyright Damages: or, How I Lost the Company to a Programmer, Photographer, Author,…”; Association of Corporate Counsel Meeting, West-Central Florida Chapter, 2008
• Quoted in Inside Counsel Magazine, June 2008 article, “Workers Rights: Employees’ Inventions May Lead to Patent Battles with Employers”
• Contributing Author, "The Journal" Update on Commercial Litigation Case Law, The Florida Bar Association Business Law Section, 2008
• Author, "A Step-by-Step Look at the Patent Litigation Process," Inside the Minds Series of Books for C-level Professionals, hardback published by Aspatore Books, 2007
• Contributing Author, "Annual Trademark Law Update," American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2005
• Author, "Pre-Grant Publications of Patent Applications," The Lawyer, 2003
• Author, "Intellectual Property Alert – New Domain Name Registration Opportunities Are Coming," The Lawyer, 2001
• Author, "Having Your Cake and Eating It Too," 16 Trial Advocate Quarterly Winter 1997 (Winner “Best Article 1996-1997” Award)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Florida State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• United States Supreme Court
  
• United States Patent and Trademark Office