Trial lawyer Daniel Schnapp focuses on high-profile intellectual property and commercial litigation in industries including advertising, art, entertainment, media, music, technology, and finance. With nearly two decades of experience in federal and state courts, Daniel Schnapp is known for successfully trying complex cases involving trade dress, trademark, and copyright infringement, as well as defamation.
Today, Daniel Schnapp serves clients at Nixon Peabody. Previously, he worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office, as well in the New York State Attorney General's Securities Prosecutions and Special Litigation bureaus.
Daniel Schnapp's areas of expertise include:
- Art litigation — Successfully litigated issues surrounding disputes over art ownership, commercial issues surrounding art lending, fine art fraud, and restitution of stolen art.
- False advertising — Advised and fought for clients facing class-action lawsuits alleging misleading statements and fraud in advertising, as well as clients faced with lawsuits instituted by the Federal Trade Commission.
- Non-compete and trade secrets —Represented clients in legal cases involving trade secret theft and breach of non-compete contracts.
- Financial services — Represented alternate investment entities, banks, corporations, hedge funds in matters including estate in fiduciary litigation, liability claims, post-closing disputes, shareholder/partnership disputes, bankruptcy, and employment-related claims.
In addition to these services, Daniel Schnapp has also litigated complex corporate and individual issues in areas including mergers and acquisitions, class action defense, injunction proceedings, and private company disputes.
Daniel Schnapp has worked on many notable cases, including representation of a major snack food manufacturer, representation of an award-winning R&B group in a trademark dispute, representation of a telemarketing company in a claims fraud case, lead counsel in trial before the U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. in a case regarding trademark, trade dress, and copyright infringement, and lead counsel in trial before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (judgment in favor of Daniel's client), S.D.N.Y. in a case regarding allegations of misappropriation of corporate assets (judgment in favor of Daniel's client).
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Trial lawyer and litigator Daniel Schnapp looks back on a prominent case from last year in which the so-called Inverse Ratio Rule was central. Involving one of the most anticipated rulings in copyright law in recent years, last summer finally saw an end to the case against famous British rock band Led Zeppelin over their […]
Attorney Daniel Schnapp offers a valuable insight into just some of the many steps that galleries can take to sell art safely on the internet. Within the art world, more transactions than ever are now taking place on the web. In addition, the coronavirus pandemic increased online sales, raising various safety concerns in the […]
Daniel Schnapp, a litigator who works on intellectual property matters, discusses fair use and antitrust practices as a possible defense against copyright infringement lawsuits. Daniel Schnapp noted the use of fair use and antitrust laws in a recent court case. In the lawsuit, the National Music Publishers’ Association accused Peloton Interactive Inc. of illegally […]