About Matthew

Matthew litigates complex intellectual property disputes across numerous high-tech areas – including video game hardware and software, wireless communications, integrated circuits and semiconductor processing.

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Experience

  • Cooley Obtains Summary Judgment for Qualcomm in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

    • Cooley Obtains Summary Judgment for Qualcomm in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

    April 5, 2022

    Cooley achieved a significant victory for longtime client Qualcomm when US District Judge Paul G. Byron of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted the firm’s motion for summary judgment in a contested patent infringement lawsuit, ParkerVision v. Qualcomm. Lawyers Stephen Smith, Matthew Brigham, Eamonn Gardner, Dena Chen, Jeffrey Karr, Priya Viswanath and Benjamin Lin led the Cooley team advising Qualcomm. Brigham and Gardner argued the motion for summary judgment, with assistance from the larger team.

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    Stephen Smith
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Matthew Brigham
    Of Counsel, Palo Alto
    Eamonn Gardner
    Partner, Colorado
    Jeffrey Karr
    Of Counsel, Palo Alto
    Priya B. Viswanath
    Special Counsel, Palo Alto
    Stephen Neal
    Chairman Emeritus, Palo Alto
    Kathleen Goodhart
    Partner, San Francisco
    Erin Trenda
    Partner, San Diego
    Rich Nieva
    Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto

    Related Practices & Industries

    Intellectual Property
    Intellectual Property Litigation
    Technology
    Telecommunications and Wireless

  • Atlassian - $531 Million IPO

    • Atlassian - $531 Million IPO

    December 28, 2015

    Cooley advised the underwriters on Atlassian's $531.3 million initial public offering. Atlassian is an Australia-based collaboration software company. The company now trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "TEAM."

    Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley acted as lead joint book-running managers for the offering. Allen & Co., UBS Securities and Jefferies acted as additional book-running managers for the offering, and Canaccord Genuity, JMP Securities, Raymond James & Associates and William Blair & Co. acted as co-managers.

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    David Peinsipp
    Partner, San Francisco
    Drew Williamson
    Partner, San Francisco
    Kevin King
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Matthew Brigham
    Of Counsel, Palo Alto
    Kristin VanderPas
    Partner, San Francisco
    Carlos Ramirez
    Partner, San Diego
    Randy Sabett
    Special Counsel, Washington, DC
    Rebecca Ross
    Special Counsel, Washington, DC
    Aaron Archer
    Partner, London
    Eric Jensen
    Senior Counsel, Palo Alto

    Related Practices & Industries

    Capital Markets
    Compensation and Benefits
    Intellectual Property
    Cyber/Data/Privacy

  • FireEye Completes 144A Private Placement of $920 Million Convertible Senior Notes

    • FireEye Completes 144A Private Placement of $920 Million Convertible Senior Notes

    June 10, 2015

    Cooley advised the initial purchasers on FireEye's Rule 144A private placement of $920 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2035. The sale of the notes included the initial purchasers' exercise of their over-allotment option to purchase an additional $120 million aggregate principal amount of notes.

    Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Nomura Securities acted as joint book-running managers in the offering.

    FireEye provides a comprehensive cybersecurity solution for detecting, preventing and resolving advanced cyber-attacks that evade legacy signature-based security products.

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    David Peinsipp
    Partner, San Francisco
    Drew Williamson
    Partner, San Francisco
    Charlie Kim
    Partner, San Diego
    Mischi a Marca
    Partner, San Francisco
    Matthew Brigham
    Of Counsel, Palo Alto
    Kevin King
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Kristin VanderPas
    Partner, San Francisco
    Siana Lowrey
    Of Counsel
    Carlos Ramirez
    Partner, San Diego
    Jason Savich
    Partner, San Francisco
    Karen Tsai
    Special Counsel, Washington, DC
    Eric Jensen
    Senior Counsel, Palo Alto

    Related Practices & Industries

    Capital Markets
    Debt Finance
    Intellectual Property

  • Aerohive Networks $75 Million IPO

    • Aerohive Networks $75 Million IPO

    April 4, 2014

    San Francisco – Cooley advised the underwriters on Aerohive Networks' $75 million initial public offering. Aerohive has designed and developed a leading cloud-managed mobile networking platform that enables enterprises to deploy a mobile-centric network edge. The company now trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HIVE."

    Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch acted as the joint book running managers for the offering. Piper Jaffray, William Blair & Co., JMP Securities and Stephens Inc. acted as co-managers for the offering.

    Year-to-date in 2014, Cooley has advised on 42 completed public offerings, including 21 completed IPOs.

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    Drew Williamson
    Partner, San Francisco
    David Peinsipp
    Partner, San Francisco
    Charlie Kim
    Partner, San Diego
    Rebecca Ross
    Special Counsel, Washington, DC
    Charles Haley
    Partner, Palo Alto
    Matthew Brigham
    Of Counsel, Palo Alto

    Related Practices & Industries

    Capital Markets
    Technology Transactions

  • LinkedIn's $1.25 Billion Follow-On Offering

    • LinkedIn's $1.25 Billion Follow-On Offering

    September 10, 2013

    Cooley advised the underwriters on LinkedIn's follow-on offering of 5.55 million shares of Class A common stock worth approximately $1.25 billion.

    The lead bookrunning managers of the proposed offering are J.P. Morgan Securities and Morgan Stanley. Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch are joint bookrunning managers. Allen & Co. is co-manager.

    According to LinkedIn, the objectives of the offering are to increase LinkedIn's financial flexibility and to further strengthen its balance sheet.

    Related contacts

    David Peinsipp
    Partner, San Francisco
    Matthew Brigham
    Of Counsel, Palo Alto
    Kevin King
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Karen Tsai
    Special Counsel, Washington, DC
    Eric Jensen
    Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
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Admissions and credentials

  • California
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Rankings and accolades

Legal 500: Intellectual Property: Patents - Litigation; Trade Secrets (Litigation & Non-contentious Matters)

Memberships and affiliations

  • The State Bar of California

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