Henry M Sneath
Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C.
OVERVIEW
Practice Areas
Business Litigation
Construction Law
Insurance Bad Faith
Insurance Claims
Insurance Defense
Intellectual Property
Patents
Products Liability
Trademarks
Fees
Free Consultation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
| Pennsylvania |
Certifications
| AV Rating (Martindale Hubbell) |
| Best Lawyers In America (Best Lawyers) |
| Super Lawyers In Pennsylvania (Law and Politics Magazine) |
| 10/10 Superb (Avvo) |
Professional Experience
| Shareholder/Principal, Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. | -Current |
| Mr. Sneath has extensive federal and state court trial experience in cases involving commercial disputes, intellectual property matters, construction claims, professional negligence lawsuits, pharmaceutical and products liability litigation, toxic torts, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith claims. He is currently representing clients in products liability, trademark and copyright matters and in patent litigation matters pursuant to the Local Patent Rules promulgated in 2005 by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. These rules are designed to make the Pennsylvania Western District a forum of choice for patent infringement and invalidation actions. He is also prepared to assist out-of-state law firms and their clients with the intricacies of these Local Patent Rules which provide a procedural mechanism for accelerated case disposition, and numerous changes to the processes of Federal Rule 26 disclosure, claim construction, use of experts and infringement and invalidation contention disclosure. He has tried over 90 cases to jury and non-jury verdict in Federal and State Court jurisdictions and has helped clients resolve disputes through a variety of Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures. Mr. Sneath has also devoted Pro Bono time to the representation of battered women in Protection from Abuse hearings and trials and is active in his Church and community. | |
| Partner, Doepken, Keevican and Weiss | - |
| Partner, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek and Eck | - |
Education
| Duquesne University | J.D | ||
| Hamilton College | B.A | English, Economics | |
| Honors: Clark Prize for Most Outstanding Public Speaker | |||
Professional Activities
| Immediate Past President | DRI (Defense Research Institute) | 2012-Current | |
| Details: Henry Sneath serves as an Officer and Immediate Past President of DRI, a 22,000 member international organization of lawyers who primarily defend businesses and individuals in civil litigation. For more information, please visit: www.dri.org or www.dritoday.org | |||
Awards
| 2012 Defense Lawyer of the Year | Pennsylvania Defense Institute (PDI) | |
| Pennsylvania Super Lawyer - Business and Intellectual Property Litigation | Super Lawyers |
Professional Affiliations
| Member, Pennsylvania State Bar | Current |
| Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) | Current |
| Member, Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA) | Current |
| Member, Allegheny County Bar Association | Current |
| Fellow, Academy of Trial Lawyers | Current |
VIDEOS
 Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property Video |
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PUBLICATIONS
Articles & Publications
DRI (Defense Research Institute)
WEBSITES & BLOGS
PIT IP Tech Blog
Supreme Court to Hear Argument on Patent Licensee’s Burden of Proof Is Software Patentable? Fed Circuit Isn’t Sure—CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Farmer’s Patent Exhaustion Defense in Monsanto Patent Infringement Suit and Declines to Give Broad Guidance on Self-Replicating Inventions Proper Pleading Standard Under Twombly for Patent Infringing Complaints–K-Tech Telecommunications Patent Prosecution Law Firms Beware . . . Are Human Genes Patentable?–Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Federal Circuit to Reconsider De Novo Claim Construction Review–Lighting Ballast Control Order U.S. Supreme Court Interprets the “First Sale” Doctrine Court Reduces Damages Award in the Apple/Samsung Patent Battle
CONTACT & MAP
444 Liberty Avenue
Suite 1105
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
USA
USA
Telephone: (412) 288-4013
About Henry M Sneath
Mr. Sneath is a business trial lawyer who specializes in business and commercial litigation, intellectual property - patent, trademark and copyright, pharmaceutical and products liability, toxic torts and insurance coverage litigation. He received his J.D. degree in 1983 from Duquesne University School of Law. During his last two years of law school, he served as a law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He has been designated by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the fields of Business and Intellectual Property Litigation and is listed in 5 litigation categories of Best Lawyers in America: Commercial, Intellectual Property, Patent, Personal Injury Defense and Legal Malpractice Litigation. Sneath is also a member of the prestigious Academy Of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. He is the Immediate President and Member of the Board of Directors of the 22,000 member international lawyer organization DRI (Defense Research Institute), and is the former Chair of its Commercial Litigation Committee and Intellectual Property Subcommittee. He is Regional Editor of the DRI national publication "The Business Suit" and is a frequent lecturer and course planner for seminars on a wide range of business litigation, intellectual property and litigation topics. He is the former editor of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's (PBA) Civil Litigation Section newsletter magazine and is the Former Chair of the PBA Intellectual Property Law Section. He is Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell and is a member of AIPLA and PIPLA(American and Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Associations)
