Lippes Mathias LLP today announced that Matthew D. Asbell, partner and member of the firm’s intellectual property practice team, has been recognized in the Lexology Index: IP 2025 as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the copyright category. 

Lexology Index: IP is an in-depth guide to the international intellectual property legal market, and recognizes the foremost patents, trademarks, and copyright lawyers around the world who stand out for their excellence when it comes to both contentious and transactional matters, with expertise covering a wide range of industry sectors. The guide also identifies prominent patent and trademark agents and attorneys for their strong expertise in preparing, filing, and prosecuting applications. 

About Matthew D. Asbell 

With extensive knowledge and background in information technology, entertainment, medicine, and a range of other fields, Matthew D. Asbell, a partner and member of Lippes Mathias’ intellectual property team, works comfortably and efficiently with clients in diverse industries. His passion for his work in intellectual property arises from a deep appreciation for creativity, whether in the form of invention, design, expression, or branding and marketing. He assists clients in clearing, obtaining, enforcing, and defending trademark, patent, design, and copyrights in the United States and throughout the world, while also advising on domain names, social media, and related issues. 

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Asbell developed a broad base of knowledge and expertise in roles he held across various industries, managing emerging singer-songwriters and recording artists, training corporate employees in software applications, and, at one point, studying medicine. 

Asbell serves as an adjunct professor of law and frequent guest lecturer at Fordham University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University), and has taught at Columbia University and the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia in Madrid, Spain. He regularly mentors new lawyers and law students. 

He is the host of Intangify, a weekly podcast on the intangible aspects of business. He co-chairs the intellectual property alumni practice group of Cardozo Law and runs the Steadfast group, an international network of intellectual property practitioners. He also chairs and serves as an active member in bar association committees in the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and the International Trademark Association. Asbell frequently appears in the media to discuss significant cases and topics relevant to his area of practice and regularly authors articles for journals and publications. 

About Lippes Mathias LLP 

Ranked No. 204 on The National Law Journal’s NLJ 500 list of the largest law firms in the United States by attorney headcount, Lippes Mathias is proud to be recognized year after year by The Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News – Best Lawyers®, Super Lawyers, and Chambers USA. For more information, visit www.lippes.com.