matthew cuccias

Represented national and regional clients in federal and state court litigation, including claims involving copyright/trademark infringement, insurance coverage disputes, product liability, and negligence.

I counsel national and regional clients on trademark, copyright and unfair competition matters, as well as a variety of Internet/domain name issues, including: Clearing trademarks; preparing, filing and prosecuting applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); and post-registration maintenance Trademark enforcement, including litigating hundreds of contested proceedings before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (involving written discovery and related disclosures, motions practice, depositions, trial briefs and appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit); analyzing trademark use investigations; issuing demand letters and filing/defending complaints under ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy; and claims of false advertising and/or unfair competition Litigating copyright and trademark infringement actions Counseling on issues related to new gTLDs, including the Trademark Clearinghouse Preparing and negotiating settlement agreements, license agreements and assignments

Activities and Societies: "Honors" in Legal Research and Writing; Immigration Clinic

Activities and Societies: Member, Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity; Advocate, Judiciary Committee;