Posts Tagged: James Pooley
Reactions Roll in On Congress’s Proposed 101 Framework: ‘The Right Approach’ or ‘A Swing and a Miss’?
Yesterday, members of congress announced in a press release a proposed framework to fix patent eligibility law in the United States.Reactions to the framework were mixed. …
A Lack of Focus on Trade Secrets Can Pose Serious Risks
We all talk about the importance of data as business assets, but when it comes to buying and selling the companies that own them, we seem not …
Of Secret Sales and Public Uses: The Practical Consequences of the Supreme Court’s Helsinn Decision
It seemed like a trade secret trifecta when Congress in 2011 passed the America Invents Act (AIA). Although the statute was aimed at patent reform, it made three …
Trade Secret Disputes: Identifying Mutual Interest in the Face of Major Disagreement
It’s a challenge to resolve business disputes when emotions run high, which includes almost all trade secret cases. So, I was especially pleased when, in a …
Looking Forward: Predictions and Thoughts for 2019
Given that several industry insiders were willing to make their own predictions, I’ll go out on a limb and make my own predictions… First, I predict …
Industry Insiders Make Patent Wishes for 2019
For my wishes, I’ll make three. First, as I did last year and the year before, I again continue to wish for patent eligibility reform in …
James Pooley Joins Orrick in Silicon Valley Office
Orrick announced that James Pooley, a world-renowned intellectual property lawyer and authority in the area of trade secrets law, has joined the firm as senior counsel. He …
7 Things C-suite Executives Need to Know About Patents
CEOs, CFOs, CTOs and General Counsel are typically very good at making decisions when they have the relevant information, but how often do they have the relevant …
Predicting Cuozzo in Advance of SCOTUS Oral Arguments
While I would never go into business handicapping the outcome of SCOTUS deliberations, I do have an opinion about what they should do in this case, at …
Appropriately Crafted Federal Trade Secrets Legislation Will Promote Competition and Economic Welfare
Trade secrets are the only major type of intellectual property (IP) that is not backed by U.S. federal civil remedies to compensate owners for theft. Notably, …
Whistleblowers testify on on alleged Gurry abuses at WIPO to House Foreign Affairs Committee
The third witness at the House foreign affairs subcommittee hearing was Matthew Parish, legal counsel to WIPO Staff Council. He testified on behalf of WIPO Staff Council …
The Need for Accountability at the World Intellectual Property Organization
Based on my experience I can report to you that the vast majority of the people at WIPO are competent, dedicated and deliver as required, many of …
A fear of trade secret trolls is completely unfounded
Fears about trade secret trolls are based in mythology, not on fact. If those claiming federal trade secret legislation would lead to trade secret trolls actually understand …
A Provocative Idea That Turns Out to be Wrong
A very troublesome flaw in Talent Wants to be Free is that the author frequently conflates non-compete agreements with two other very common forms of employee restraints: …
Congress expected to take up federal trade secret legislation in 2015
There was a lot of action on this in the last Congress. There is a group of law professors that have expressed some opposition to the proposal …
