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Matt D. Schneller
Associate
Assistant
Stephanie Blair206.204.6253
Matt Schneller counsels clients on matters related to trademarks, domain names and copyright prosecution and enforcement, in the U.S. and internationally. Matt helps clients with selecting, clearing, registering, and licensing trademarks and copyrights. He also helps clients enforce their intellectual property rights against third parties, from cease-and-desist letters to negotiated settlements to administrative litigation before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). He has represented apparel companies, financial services firms, major software companies, Internet media companies, pharmaceutical companies, and more.
Matt has particular domain name registration, transfer, and enforcement experience. He has counseled companies from startups to Fortune 500 firms on developing comprehensive registration and proactive brand protection strategies, has advised clients on launches of top-level domain name spaces, and has assisted firms in expanding to country-specific domain name extensions. He helps companies protect their intellectual property assets online by tracking and monitoring third-party infringements, stopping sales and auctions of infringing and counterfeit products, taking down sites offering content that violated his client's IP rights, and securing the transfer of infringing domain names through arbitration proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
Publications and Speeches
“We Have Lift-Off! What's Next for .XXX in a Post-Launch World?,” Intellectual Property Today, February 2012
“.XXX Domain Name Launches; Sunrise Period for Trademark Owners and Adult Industry Members Continues until October 28, 2011,” Bloomberg Law Reports, Technology Law, November 2011
Author, "Customs and Border Protection Trademark Letter Rulings: A Valuable and Underused Tool?" The Intellectual Property Strategist, June 2011
Education
J.D., Order of the Coif, Duke University School of Law, 2004
B.A., magna cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 2001
Bar Admissions
Washington
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Affiliations
University of Washington School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2007 - present
International Trademark Association, Internet Committee, Domain Disputes, Ownership & Whois Subcommittee (2012-2014)
Noteworthy
Super Lawyers, Washington Rising Star, 2011
