Blog

Topic

Trade Secrets/Patent
 

Moderator

John Morrow, Womble Bond Dickinson, Winston-Salem, NC

Speakers

To Patent or Not to Patent, that is the Question: When to protect inventions/processes as a trade secret or patent, and how that has changed since Alice.  -- Elizabeth Ferrill, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC

Registering, Protecting, and Insuring Trade Secrets. -- James Gale, Cozen O'Connor, Miami, FL

Protecting Trade Secrets in Discovery and Open Court: Practical tips on how to keep your secrets safe throughout litigation from protective orders through jury trials. -- Andrew Pratt, Venable, LLP, Washington, DC

Show Me the Money! Valuing Your Trade Secrets Before and During Litigation: From Audits to Experts, a look at how to best monetize your trade secrets. -- Ryan Strom, Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN

Speakers

• Morrow, John

  Womble Bond Dickinson | Partner

  John currently chairs Womble Bond Dickinson’s US Intellectual Property Litigation Group. John’s practice focuses on complex disputes involving trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, unfair competition, copyright infringement, false advertising, antitrust, and cybersecurity (data breaches). Specifically regarding trade secrets, in addition to many civil matters John has recently worked with the United States Government to protect clients’ interests on the criminal front, including one matter in which a defendant was sentenced to six months in prison. John is ranked by Chambers and the Best Lawyers in America in intellectual property litigation.
• Strom, Ryan

  Target | Director Counsel, Intellectual Property

  Ryan Strom is Director Counsel, Intellectual Property at Target.  His primary responsibilities include managing the patent strategy for protecting innovations by the Data Sciences, Global Supply Chain & Logistics, Enterprise Architecture and Product Design & Development teams. 
• Pratt, Andrew F.

  Venable LLP | Partner

  Andrew Pratt is a partner in Venable’s Washington, DC-based Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He has significant experience advising clients on intellectual property issues and litigating intellectual property disputes in federal courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
• Gale, James A.

  Cozen O'Connor | Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation

  Jim has handled hundreds of cases involving patents, theft of trade secrets, restrictive covenants, trademarks, unfair competition, and internet disputes. He has appeared in over 400 federal cases in more than 48 federal district and circuit courts, as well as handled hundreds of injunctions in over 35 different states around the nation.
• Ferrill, Elizabeth D.

  Finnegan | Partner

  Elizabeth Ferrill is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Finnegan LLP. Elizabeth counsels clients who hold design patents as well as those accused of infringement. She has prosecuted families of design patents before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), directed prosecution in foreign countries, and argued appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). She also litigates design patent matters at the U.S. district court level that include trade dress claims.