Heather Schneider

Practice Areas

Ms. Schneider’s practice focuses on patent litigation and IP strategy, as well as transactional and antitrust issues that involve intellectual property. Her litigation experience encompasses numerous technologies, including pharmaceuticals and biologic products, medical devices, and chemical and industrial products.

Her transactional experience includes client counseling on patent, copyright, and trademark issues, including licensing, development and collaboration agreements, mergers, and bankruptcy. She also advises clients on IP prosecution and enforcement strategy, acquisitions, financing, and ownership structures, as well as the intersection of IP law with AI, privacy, and cybersecurity.

Career

Ms. Schneider worked at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP from 2005-2025 and joined Gemini in 2025. Prior to attending law school, she was a Senior Technical Consultant for Hewlett-Packard where she worked on projects for companies like Coca-Cola, Lifetime Television, Con Edison Communications, Merrill Lynch, and others. She authored many articles and is co-author of the book Mobile Applications: Architecture, Design, and Development (Prentice Hall 2004).

Professional Memberships

Ms. Schneider is Past President of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (2022-2023). She is also former chair of the Advisory Board for the Pace University Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, where she was honored at the 2025 Seidenberg Innovation Awards.