Matthew M. Gardlik, Ph.D.

Matt’s practice includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications as well as assisting in the Firm’s litigation cases. He has successfully prepared and prosecuted inventions in a wide variety of technologies including chemical, pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostic technologies. Matt’s litigation experience includes the successful defense of a retaliatory trade secret misappropriation claim and he continues to represent the plaintiff in the earlier-filed patent infringement suit. As part of the patent infringement suit, Matt was a member of the team that successfully argued for the patentability in thirteen (13) Inter Partes Review (IPR) trials at the USPTO. Several of these IPR trials ended when the Board refused to institute IPR after Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response and others proceeded to a Final Written Decision finding patentability of the challenged claims. In each of these lawsuits, several hundred million dollars was being sought totaling over half a billion dollars.

Matt earned his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University where his dissertation involved organic synthesis and supramolecular chemistry. He is an avid technologist whose interest ranges from organic synthesis to computer programming. His Ph.D. work included developing an optimized synthetic route to a key intermediate in the synthesis of a new class of supramolecular hosts. This enabled the scale-up and preparation of several hosts that was critical for studying their encapsulation properties. Matt continues to be involved in the American Chemical Society (ACS) and was awarded the 2012 Catalyst Award by the Cincinnati Section of the ACS.

Representative Experience

• Johns Manville Corp., et al. v. Knauf Insulation, Inc., et al.
  Counsel defending against $193 million demand for alleged trade secret misappropriation. Jury found for our client and awarded no damages. Affirmed on appeal.
• Linda Matlow v. Rodgers Broadcasting Corp.
  Lead counsel in Southern District of Indiana case representing Rodgers Broadcasting Corp in a copyright infringement case. In addition to alleging copyright infringement, the Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant allowed third parties to copy the photograph from their Twitter account. The case was dismissed with prejudice on all claims asserted.

Attorney News

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Chemical Society
  • Executive Committee, Indiana Section, 2013-2016
• American Intellectual Property Law Society
• Indiana State Bar Association
  • Leadership Development Academy, Class VII
• Indianapolis Bar Association
• Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, Zoom Deposition & The Future of Virtual Court, IndyBar Tech Show, Indianapolis Bar Association, October 15, 2021
• Keynote, Think Like a Molecule Poster Session 2019, American Chemical Society , April 5, 2019

Publications

• “A Close Inspection of Ag(I) Coordination to Molecular Baskets. A Study of Solvation and Guest Encapsulation in Solution and the Solid State” Gardlik, M.; Zhiquing, Y.; Xia, S.; Rieth, S.; Gallucci, J.; Hadad, C.; Badjić, J. Tetrahedron, 2009, 65, 7213-7219. (DOI: j.tet.2008.11.098)
• “Molecular Encapsulation via Metal-to-Ligand Coordination in a Cu(I) Folded Molecular Basket” Rieth, S.; Zhiqing, Y.; Xia, S.; Gardlik, M.; Chow, A.; Fraenkel, A.; Hadad, C.; Badjić, J. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73(13), 5100-5109. (DOI: jo800748k)
• “Silver(I) Mediated Folding of a Molecular Basket” Yan, Z.; Xia, S.; Gardlik, M.; Seo, W.; Maslak, V.; Gallucci, J.; Hadad, C.; Badjić, J. Organic Letters, 2007, 9(12), 2301-2304. (DOI: ol0705595)

Civic & Community Involvement

• D.A.R.E. Indiana

  Board of Directors, 2020 – 2023

• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

  Board of Directors, 2025

• MLK Center

  Board of Directors, 2022 – 2024

• SpeakEasy Indianapolis

  Former Member

• United Way of Central Indiana

  Leadership United Spring 2022