Matthew M. Welch

• Represented a national fiber optics manufacturing company in district court litigation relating to fiber optic housing equipment. (W.D.N.C.).
• Represented an international technology company in an International Trade Commission litigation involving laser printer toner cartridges. Certain Toner Cartridges, Components Thereof, and Systems Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1174 (USITC).
• Represented an international cosmetics company in an International Trade Commission litigation involving artificial eyelashes. In the matter of Certain Artificial Eyelash Extension Systems, Products and Components, Inv. No. 337-TA-1226 (USITC).
• Represented an international cosmetics company in two post-grant review petitions before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. PGR2021-00045; PGR2021-00046.

Matt Welch is a senior associate with Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Before joining the firm, Matt represented technology companies before the ITC, PTAB, and district courts as an IP associate at an international firm in Washington, D.C. Matt also clerked for the Hon. Robert J. Conrad, Jr. in the Western District of North Carolina.

Matt received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Wake Forest University, where he served as the notes & comments editor on the Law Review and as a member of the moot court team. Matt was also granted membership in the Order of the Coif and earned the highest grade in nine classes including Torts, Legal Writing and Analysis I & II, Property, Contracts and Commercial Transactions, Advanced Legal Research, Labor Law, Professional Responsibility, and Criminal Procedure.

Matt received a B.S. in mechanical engineering, summa cum laude, from Clemson University, where he earned the Blue Key Academic and Leadership Award for the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences in recognition of his campus leadership and academic achievements.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• North Carolina
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• Wake Forest University (J.D., 2019)
• Clemson University (B.S., 2015)

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