Matthew Duescher

Practice Areas

ITC Section 337 Litigation; customs and international trade; intellectual property litigation.

Career

Matthew Duescher represents domestic and foreign clients in Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and before U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Mr. Duescher has participated in over 20 Section 337 investigations in cases involving patent and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and false designation of origin. His experience covers an array of technologies, from semiconductors and consumer products to pharmaceuticals and warehouse automation systems.

While in law school, Mr. Duescher worked as a law clerk for the ITC’s Office of Unfair Import Investigations, assisting government attorneys in the litigation of Section 337 matters. Mr. Duescher also worked as a law clerk for an ITC Administrative Law Judge, assisting the ALJ in legal research and the drafting of orders and initial determinations in several Section 337 matters.

Professional Memberships

ITC Trial Lawyers Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association

Personal

JD, George Mason University School of Law, 2015; BS (Physics), Carnegie Mellon University, 2011