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LaTasha Mabry Snipes
Associate
Assistant
Melinda Hickman713.222.3009
LaTasha Snipes counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, patent licensing, patent disputes, trademarks, copyrights, copyright licensing agreements, technology transfers, and related matters. She is experienced in many aspects of patent prosecution including search, availability of use analysis, patent application drafting, and responses to office actions. Tasha conducts examiner interviews before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and represents clients in trademark prosecution, opinion work, and assessing federal and state trademark registrability and clearance. She also has experience counseling clients in business method patents, protecting multi-media projects (music, art, video production), and domain name disputes.
Tasha represents clients in industries such as RFID, telecommunications, e-commerce, software, electrical engineering, oil and gas, banks and financial institutions.
Prior to entering the legal profession, she worked as an electrical engineer, designing control strategies for oil and gas refineries. She also worked as a communication engineer in the aerospace industry.
During law school, Tasha was involved in mock trial where her team advanced to the national tournament. She also was the submissions editor of the Houston Business & Tax Law Journal.
Representative Matters
Managed patent prosecution for over 30 concurrent applications and issued patents for a U.S. financial institution
Represented a local client on a pro bono basis for trademark clearance and availability, opinions, and obtaining federal trademark registration
Publications and Speeches
"Federal Circuit Clears Pathway Through 'Recapture Rule' Minefield," Thomson Reuters News & Insight, June 2012
"'Round the Turn They're A-Comin'! The Wild Patent Enforcement Ride of Marine Polymer v. HemCon," Thomson Reuters, April 2012
"Internet 2.0: Jurisdictional Risks in Today's Cyber World," IP Strategist, March 2012
Education
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2009
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2006
Bar Admissions
Texas
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Court Admissions
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
Licensing Executives Society
Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
Houston Lawyer's Association
Noteworthy
Submissions Editor, Houston Business & Tax Law Journal
