JONATHAN FOOT

Jonathan Foot is Assistant General Counsel at MathWorks, a global software company. He was the second lawyer hired, recruited in to help with one of the first patent cases in E.D. Texas. He has seen the company grow from about $300 million revenue and less than 1000 employees to over a $1 billion and 5000+ employees. A generalist, his lead responsibilities have focused on litigation and IP protection, including growing the patent portfolio from 0 to over 1000 patents, and successfully pursuing cutting edge copyright litigation and defeating an EU competition investigation, while also working on general corporate, licensing, and new hire training responsibilities.

Prior to MathWorks, Jonathan spent 13 years in general litigation trying multiple cases for private and government clients in a wide range of industries. As a trial lawyer for US DOJ, part of his direct examination defending the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act was played on NPR.

Jonathan received his B.A. in Politics from Princeton University and his J.D. from University of Michigan Law School.