Several Business publications recently quoted Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath regarding a trademark dispute involving on-line site "Facebook" and regarding the copyright and trademark dispute Hasbro v. Agarwallas involving the on-line Scrabble game clone, Scrabulous

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath, who handles patent, trademark and copyright litigation, was recently quoted in The Wall Street Journal on-line magazine Marketwatch regarding the dispute between the Chief Executive of the networking site Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and his academic contemporary, Aaron Greenspan, who is challenging Facebook's registered trademark. "Pressing for the cancellation of a trademark is a difficult legal maneuver even for seasoned lawyers, according to Henry Sneath, a patent and trademark attorney with Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton P.C. in Pittsburgh..."

Sneath was also quoted in The Los Angeles Times , The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune and The Tech Herald  regarding the legal dispute between the creators of Scrabble (Hasbro and Mattel) and the makers of Scrabulous (Brothers Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla) and their on-line host Facebook, after suit was filed by Hasbro, the alleged infingers pulled the Scrabulous game and launched a new one called Wordscraper. As to the new game Wordscraper, Sneath is quoted saying,  "I'm not convinced that it is different enough," said Henry M. Sneath, an intellectual property attorney and a board member of DRI -- The Voice of the Defense Bar, an organization of 22,000 defense lawyers. "Copyright infringement in particular does a very detailed factual analysis of whether or not content is substantially similar to the original. That's the test: substantial similarity."  View the full text of the articles at the links above.

Business publications quote Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath on Cisco v. Apple Trademark Lawsuit

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath was recently quoted in the Information Week , EE Times  and Computerworld on-line magazines regarding the Trademark Lawsuit filed by Cisco Systems against Apple, Inc over the alleged infringement by Apple of Cisco's iPhone registered Trademark. Sneath noted that the trademark issues were "murky and complicated" and that the stakes were large. For Apple, he said, "a large penalty looms if the court eventually rules against it -- penalties for willfully infringing on a trademark can be tripled, and the court can order payment of full legal fees for the plaintiff, he said. View the full text of the articles at the links above.

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath addressed the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath spoke to the MDTC Annual Meeting in May 2008 on the topic of Transforming Your Legal Practice and on the use of firm websites and the internet to market your legal practice.

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath served as Chair of the Annual Meeting of the organization DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath served as Annual Meeting Chair for the 22,000 member DRI's annual convention in Washinton D.C., in October 2007.  Attended by over 1500 DRI members, the convention featured blockbuster speeches, Legal CLE and Committee meetings and social events. Sneath moderated some of the speaker panels featuring speakers like Bob Woodward, Brit Hume, Hon. John Conyers (D- Mich.) and Hon. John Cornyn (R- Texas).

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath testified at the Federal Judicial Conference Hearings on Proposed new Federal Rule of Evidence 502

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath testified in New York City on January 29, 2007 at hearings held by the Federal Judicial Conference on proposed new Federal Rule of Evidence 502, and specifically on the topic of problems and issues that arise from inadvertant production of privileged material in Patent Litigation.

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath spoke at the 2006 DRI Intellectual Property Seminar in Miami, Fla.

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath presented a paper and spoke on the topic of "Unfair Competition in IP Claims: The New Bad Faith?" at the October 2006 DRI Intellectual Property Seminar in Miami, Florida.

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath spoke at the 2006 PBI Damages Seminar

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath spoke at the 2006 PBI Damages Seminar on the topic of "Technology in the Courtroom" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath addressed the Annual Meeting of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath recently addressed the Annual Meeting of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia on the subject of "Transforming Your Practice: Leaping Canyons One Step At A Time." He addressed the changing face of insurance defense litigation and the emerging trends in Intellectual Property, Business and Insurance Coverage Litigation. He also spoke on the use and optimization of law firm web sites and the best practices for law firm marketing and business development.

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath inducted as Fellow in the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County

Shareholder Henry M. Sneath was inducted recently as a Fellow in the prestigious Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. The Academy was founded in 1959 and is limited to 320 members who meet the qualifications of membership, including substantial jury trial experience and overall professionalism.

Firm shareholders Picadio, Sneath and Miller named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers by Law and Politics Magazine

Shareholders Anthony Picadio, Henry Sneath and Alan Miller were voted by their peers as Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania . Attorneys Picadio and Sneath were recognized in the Business Litigation category and Attorney Miller in the Environmental Law category. Click here for details.

Firm Shareholder Henry M. Sneath elected to DRI Board of Directors

Henry Sneath was elected to a national position on the Board of Directors of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, a 22,000 attorney member organization of commercial litigators, insurance defense counsel and corporate counsel. He formerly served as Chair of DRI's Commercial Litigation Committee and its Intellectual Property Subcommittee. He has also recently been named Chair of the DRI Public Policy Committee.