Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., 1993)
Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University School of Medicine (1996-1998)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2007)

New York State Bar
New Jersey State Bar
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

International Trademark Association (INTA)
American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Intellectual Property Law
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
Intellectual Property Section New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA)
New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (NYIPLA)
Association of the Bar of the City of New York

· Combining Trademarks in a Jointly Owned IP Holding Company, 98 tmr 834 (2008)
· USPTO considers whether to carve out exception to infringement of design, World Trademark Review, Sept. 12, 2008
· Second Circuit Holds In-State Goodwill Required for New York Unfair Competition Claim, Bright Ideas, Spring/Summer 2008
· WTO dispute process started over failed IP negotiations with China, World Trademark Review, Apr. 27, 2007
· District court interprets UDRP rules, World Trademark Review, Mar. 12, 2007
· Recent Developments: Progress on the WIPO Broadcasting and Webcasting Treaty, 24 Cardozo Arts Ent. L.J. 349 (2006)
· An Olympic Perspective: Intellectual Property in International Sports Marketing, Bright Ideas, Spring/Summer 2006, at 19
· Patent Law, ABA 101 Practice Series (2008), available on line
· Copyright Law, ABA 101 Practice Series (2008), available on line
· Trademark Law, ABA 101 Practice Series (2008), available on line

Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, Acquisitions Editor (2006-2007), Staff (2005-2006)

Matthew D. Asbell is an Associate of Ladas & Parry LLP. Mr. Asbell primarily practices trademark and patent prosecution, both domestically and internationally. With a diverse background in the entertainment industry, information technology, and medicine and proficiency in several languages, he is comfortable working with a wide range of clients. Mr. Asbell received his B.S. in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and attended the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University School of Medicine. He received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was president of the Intellectual Property Law Society and Acquisitions Editor of the top-ranked Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal. Mr. Asbell has authored and co-authored publications on the topics of trademark, licensing, copyright, patent, broadcasting and internet and privacy law. He has been appointed as the incoming 2009-2010 vice-chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and has served the American Bar Association as a liaison with the Section of Intellectual Property Law. He has also chaired the Young Lawyers Committee of the New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section. Mr. Asbell is an active member of several other bar association committees related to intellectual property, including the Trademark and Unfair Competition Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.