Matt A. Poulsen

Matt represents clients including large Fortune 500 companies, universities, start-up companies and individual inventors. His practice is generally focused on IP procurement and protection, including U. S. and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, patentability and freedom-to-operate analysis and various trademark, copyright and trade secret matters. Matt also advises clients with respect to various start-up related activities, such as early-stage IP strategy.

As a physicist, Matt developed a broad technical background in experimental solid state and condensed matter physics and materials science. His research on the molecular engineering of self-organizing electroactive organic systems has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals. His clients operate in a broad spectrum of technological areas, including telecommunications, integrated circuitry, the optical arts, semiconductor fabrication and testing technologies, nanotechnology, nuclear and renewable energy, biofuels, chemical processing, software, agriculture, e-commerce and the mechanical arts.

Matt serves as a mentor for local startup accelerators.

Additionally, Matt is an Adjunct Professor of Law (Patent Practice & Innovation Management) at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska College of Law.

Matt is admitted to the Nebraska Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

• Education

  Juris Doctor from the University of Nebraska College of Law, with distinction

  Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Master of Science in Physics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Admissions

  Admitted to Nebraska Supreme Court

  Admitted to U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska

  Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

• News & Publications
  Jurisprudential and Economic Justifications for Gene Sequence Patents, 90 NEB. L. REV Oral Arguments Heard by Supreme Court in Oil States Energy v. Greene's Energy Andrei Iancu Named as Nominee for USPTO Director Is It Time to Amend the Test for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility? Judge at the 2018 University of Nebraska Lincoln's New Venture Competition Judge at the University of Nebraska Lincoln's 3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition
• Honors & Affiliations

  Adjunct Professor of Law (Patent Protection and Innovation Management) at the University of Nebraska College of Law

  Super Lawyers’ Great Plains Rising Stars; 2016-2020

  2015 Silicon Prairie nominee for Service Provider of the Year

  Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association

  Member of Nebraska Bar Association

  Graduated with Distinction from the University of Nebraska College of Law

• Speaking Engagements

  Patent Protection for Startups and Small Businesses Webinar (August 2020)

  Triumph of Agriculture Expo - Protecting Your Innovation (February 2018)

  Keynote Speaker at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Physics Department Spring Recognition Luncheon (May 2017)

  Lincoln Startup Week - Intellectual Property Considerations for Startups (October 2016)

  Lincoln Startup Week – Business and IP Law for Startups (September 2015)

  University of Nebraska - Lincoln MRSEC Job Symposium - Patent Law and Alternative Careers for STEM Graduates (March 2016)

  Lincoln Southeast Community College - Intellectual Property Law for Startups (October 2015)

  South Dakota State University - Maximizing Patent Protection in Academic Settings (January 2016)

  Panelist for Heartland Student Entrepreneurship Conference (April 2016)

  Panelist for Research Patent and Trademark Information: Essential Information You Need to Protect Your IP (June 2018)