Matthew A. Ambros is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP and is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation and Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practices and the Life Sciences Industry Team. He focuses his practice on patent litigation and has also represented clients in the electrical, mechanical, and software-related industries. His experience includes cases involving data transmission cables, online backup, online recruiting software, data server management, machine vision and board game products.
Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Ambros was an associate at Lando & Anastasi, LLP, and served as a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Mr. Ambros earned his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. Through the school’s co-op program, he worked for Cubist Pharmaceuticals; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Honorable Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts; and the WilmerHale Legal Services Center.
Mr. Ambros received his bachelor’s degree in genetics, cell and developmental biology from Dartmouth College, where he investigated the development of C. elegans using RNA interference techniques. He also co-authored a paper that described the genetic relatedness of four land plants' lineages based on a computer analysis of their genetic code.
An inventor, Mr. Ambros has been familiar with patents since his youth. In middle school, he patented and licensed a lacrosse stick pocket former (U.S. Patent No. 5,425,541), which is currently sold by Brine, Inc., and can be found in sporting goods stores throughout the United States.
Mr. Ambros is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.