J. Matthew Miller, III

Matt Miller has extensive experience assisting clients secure, protect, and enforce their intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. Drawing on his background in computer science and years of experience as a software engineer, Matt brings a unique technical perspective to his law practice.

A registered patent attorney, Matt prosecutes patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His patent prosecution work spans a variety of fields, including computer software, mechanical systems, and oil-and-gas exploration and production technologies. Matt has also litigated patents in federal court and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Matt’s trademark practice covers clearance, federal prosecution, and enforcement in federal courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He also previously served as an Adjunct Professor and Faculty Clinic Supervisor for Tulane Law School’s Trademark Lab, where he taught IP strategy and supervised law students providing pro bono trademark prosecution services.

Matt counsels clients on copyright ownership, registration with the U.S. Copyright Office, and enforcement involving software, websites, books, and advertising materials. He also advises on internet and technology related issues at the intersection of IP and online operations, including Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy domain-name proceedings, drafting website terms of service and privacy policies, and website copyright compliance.

While in law school, Matt helped develop the logic representation language and engine for the “Durationator,” a software project from Tulane’s Center for Intellectual Property Law and Culture for analyzing the length of copyright terms worldwide. An article written about that work was later cited in Justice Breyer’s dissent in Golan v. Holder, 565 U.S. 302 (2012).

Before entering the legal profession, Matt worked as a software engineer and is a named co-inventor on U.S. patents in image processing and video surveillance. His technical experience includes multi-language programming, database and web application development, Linux server administration, open-source software, search-engine optimization, and online advertising. He also developed the Louisiana Civil Code and Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure mobile apps for iPhone and iPad.