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 experience encompasses numerous technologies, including pharmaceuticals, biologic products, medical devices, and chemical and industrial products.

Her transactional experience includes 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. She has an M.S. in Computer Science from Pace University and a graduate certificate in Genetics and Genomics from the Stanford University Center for Professional Development. Prior to law school, she was a Senior Technical Consultant for Hewlett-Packard where she authored many articles and 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 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.