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Firm News 162 results

Firm News | 5 min read | 08.20.26

Crowell & Moring Earns Top Honors in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 Edition, with Two Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 20, 2026: The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 57 of the firm's attorneys in its 2027 edition, a testament to the firm's deep bench of legal talent across practices and offices nationwide. In addition, 29 attorneys have been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list, recognizing outstanding attorneys earlier in their careers.

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Firm News | 1 min read | 07.30.26

Crowell & Moring Earns National Recognition in Managing IP’s 2026 USA IP Stars Rankings

Chicago – July 30, 2026: Managing Intellectual Property has recognized nine Crowell & Moring attorneys and five practice areas in its 2026 IP Stars rankings for the United States, underscoring the depth, breadth, and technical strength of the firm’s global Intellectual Property practice, which includes more than 100 attorneys, patent agents and technical advisors. The guide “covers a variety of IP practice areas and more than 80 jurisdictions, making it the most comprehensive and widely respected IP practitioner guide in the legal profession.” 

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Firm News | 2 min read | 06.10.26

Crowell Earns Top Rankings from Legal 500 United States 2026

Washington – June 10, 2026: Crowell & Moring has been recommended in eight practice areas in the 19th edition of the Legal 500 United States. In addition, partner Daniel Forman, co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Group, has been named to the Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Government Contracts, and partner David (Dj) Wolff, co-chair of the firm’s International Trade Group, has been named a “Leading Partner” in International Trade and National Security.

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Client Alerts 384 results

Client Alert | 2 min read | 08.19.26

No Employee NDA? Your Trade Secret Claim May Still Survive

A Virginia federal court recently delivered a useful reminder for trade secret owners: a missing NDA is not automatically fatal if the company can show it treated the information as genuinely confidential. In WeightPack, Inc. v. Mitchell, No. 3:25-cv-927 (E.D. Va. July 23, 2026), the court denied a former employee’s motion to dismiss trade secret claims under both the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act (VUTSA). The court held that the employer had plausibly alleged reasonable measures to protect secrecy even though the employee never signed a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement.

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Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.01.26

What U.S. Patent Holders Need to Know About Inequitable Conduct Right Now

If a court finds that a patent applicant intentionally misrepresented or withheld material information from the USPTO with the intent to deceive, the consequences are severe, leading to unenforceability of the entire patent (and likely any later patents claiming priority to the unenforceable patent).

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26

Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim

A Kansas federal court held that inconsistent enforcement of trade secret rights can defeat a claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). In Edelman Financial Engines, LLC v. Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC, No. 2:23-cv-02515-HLT (D. Kan. June 5, 2026), the court applied a selective enforcement theory, holding that when a company does not consistently pursue legal remedies against similarly situated former employees, that inconsistency can be affirmative evidence that it failed to protect its trade secrets. While the selective enforcement theory has appeared in academic hypothetical discussions, the decision appears to be one of the clearest judicial applications of a “selective enforcement” theory in a trade secret case.

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Press Coverage 97 results

Press Coverage | 12.02.25

Crowell Moves To New Chicago Space, As Office Use Becomes 'a Dialogue'

Law.com

Press Coverage | 09.04.24

AI Co. Keeps Engine Supplier In Trade Secrets Suit

Law360

Press Coverage | 03.28.23

Practitioners Mostly Agree Amgen Won’t Be A Sea Change, But Some Predict Grim Consequences

IPWatchdog

Publications 90 results

Publication | 01.10.24

Jurisdictional Analysis: Hot Topics, Cooling Litigation

Litigation Forecast 2024

Intellectual property has been in the spotlight this past year, from a landmark Copyright Fair Use case in the U.S. Supreme Court, to the more than 100 AI-related lawsuits working their way through the legal system. Despite the publicity surrounding intellectual property, patent litigation filings were down roughly 25 percent in 2023, due in part to a large decline in IP Edge filings, which normally account for hundreds of cases each year. The number of new trademark cases stayed about the same while copyright filings increased slightly.

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Publication | 02.24.23

Genus Claims Questions After Justices Deny Juno Rehearing

Law360

Publication | 04.05.22

Patentability Of Inventions Involving AI In Health Care Is Becoming A Key—And Complex—Issue

Law.com

Events 125 results

Event | 03.27.25 - 03.28.25

2025 AIPLA Trade Secret Summit

Join Crowell's Mark Klapow (moderator) and Warrington Parker (speaker) on March 27th at 10:00 AM CDT, along with Derron Blakely, General Counsel, Onebrief for a discussion of "Industry Panel Part I - Trade Secret Issues Affecting Software." On March 28th at 10:00 AM CDT, Mark Klapow will also be moderating a discussion of "Media Relations for Trade Secret Matters" along with Scott Lindlaw - FGS Global Inc. and Alex Lange, Trident DMG during the 2025 AIPLA Trade Secret Summit in Nashville, TN.

Event | 03.12.25 - 03.13.25, 8:00 AM CDT - 6:00 PM CDT

World Intellectual Property Review Summit

Crowell was a silver sponsor of The World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Summit in Chicago March 12 and 13. The conference topic was “Create A Winning IP Strategy: Overcome Market Uncertainty, Harness AI, And Improve Efficiency."

Event | 03.26.19, 2:30 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Women In Intellectual Property

Fordham Law School's Intellectual Property Affinity Group will host this panel highlighting women in intellectual property. Counsel Preetha Chakrabarti will participate as a panelist.

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Webinars 9 results

Webinar | 02.24.22, 6:00 AM CST - 8:00 AM CST

Selected IP/IT Topics in a Digital Environment

In Collaboration with the IBJ/IJE Intellectual property and information technology law has a broad scope and raises numerous concerns for company lawyers. Furthermore, the question often arises whether traditional concepts can still be applied in a digital environment. Our Technology & IP team will address some of the questions raised in the day-to-day practice, such as:

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Webinar | 03.10.21, 7:00 AM EST - 8:00 AM EST

2021: Year of the Knockoff

Counterstrategies at the U.S. ITC & Beyond Combine the COVID-19 pandemic with the already exponential rise in e-commerce, and what do you get? Innovation? Sure. Imitation? Absolutely. With it harder than ever to touch and experience products before purchase during the pandemic, 2021 is poised to be the "Year of the Knockoff."

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Webinar | 03.10.20, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Webinar Series: Top 10 Tips for Safeguarding Trade Secrets

Instituting and maintaining a trade secret protection policy is a challenge. If no policy is yet in place, it may be difficult to decide where to begin. For an existing policy, ensuring the policy’s efficacy and adequacy under the law is time-consuming. Regardless of your situation, the solution is to take purposeful and informed action to improve the protection of your highest priority trade secrets.

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