Matthew J. Snider

Matthew Snider, a member in Dickinson Wright’s Ann Arbor office, focuses his practice on trademarks and intellectual property law. He has conducted trademark availability searches and provides risk assessment opinions for a wide range of clients, including a major U.S. and international retailer, a leading global IT and software company, pharmaceutical companies, and leading international automotive companies.

• Domestic and foreign trademarks, including trademark prosecution, portfolio management, and availability counseling.
• Counseling on trademark infringement, unfair competition, counterfeiting, and domain name enforcement matters.
• Analysis and advice concerning potential infringement and the likelihood of success in infringement actions or opposition proceedings.
• Counseling on proper trademark use in order to strengthen enforceable trademark rights.
• Conducts trademark availability searches and provides risk assessment opinions on behalf of a wide range of clients, including a major U.S. and international retailer, a leading global IT and software company, pharmaceutical companies, and leading international automotive companies.
• Manages trademark opposition proceedings in the Andean Community for a leading international automotive supplier.
• Successfully overcame substantive refusals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on behalf of multiple clients.
• Conducted patent searches and risk analysis for an international online gaming company.
• Advised clients on copyright filings.

• Lawfully Made under This Title, Christopher A. Mitchell and Matthew J. Snider, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Spring 2013, Vol. 24, No. 3