Matthew E. Burr serves as Patent Counsel with MosterWynne, practicing in the areas of intellectual property, regulatory and corporate law. Mr. Burr has been a registered Patent Agent/Attorney for more than 12 years and is savvy with all forms of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights. He has provided counsel on a range of issues for public, governmental and private institutions, as well as individual inventors and entrepreneurs.  This includes strategic advice on and the preparation of patent and trademark opinions and applications. His industry experience spans work with universities and representing companies in the telecommunications, technology, biotechnology, medical, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas fields.

Mr. Burr offers MosterWynne’s clients his unique ability to identify, capture and leverage the full value of IP. He works with clients and inventors to write, prosecute, and defend business-savvy patent applications, in addition to helping clients develop cost-benefit analyses concerning new markets and potential litigation.  He also provides counsel on corporate and IP matters for startup ventures to leverage copyrights, trademarks and patents as core assets.

Mr. Burr counsels and assists clients with the development and implementation of marketing and branding strategies and programs.  He evaluates and screens potential trademarks, service marks and trade names; he also prosecutes, registers, maintains and enforces trademarks and service marks in the United States and major industrial/commercial countries around the world.  When called upon he advises on the evaluation, registration and renewal of domain names; resolution of Internet domain name disputes; negotiation and drafting of web site development and hosting agreements; intellectual property audits; and the management and maintenance of client intellectual property portfolios. 

Working alongside the firm’s corporate and litigation attorneys, he assists with the negotiation, transfer and license of intellectual property rights and interests.  Mr. Burr was a pioneer of university technology transfers, and he has over 15 years of experience negotiating contracts, licenses and multi-million dollar transactions, including work with major public and private universities, Fortune 500 companies, and financing institutions, including venture capital sources.  

Mr. Burr has extensive laboratory experience, including work with the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard Medical School. He has served as an Associate Attorney with the boutique IP firm Matthews & Associates in Houston, and immediately prior to joining MosterWynne served in a more senior role with the respected regional firm Gardere Wynne Sewell in Dallas.

Mr. Burr is a member of the State Bar of Texas, admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and is a registered Patent Agent/Attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Burr received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of California, San Diego (1980), and did graduate study in cell biology at the Baylor College of Medicine, School of Graduate Studies (1982) before receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center (1989).