Elissa N. Tenenbaum
Overview
Elissa Tenenbaum represents clients in intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets matters, in federal courts, and before the ITC. Her experience includes drafting motions for patent and trademark litigation and patent and trademark office action responses.
Career & Education
- University of Michigan, B.S., cum laude, mechanical engineering, 2018
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2021
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, General Bar
Professional Activities and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Chicago Women in IP, Member
- Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Member
Elissa's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.16.26
Sedona Finalizes DTSA Model Jury Instructions: Key Changes from the Draft
The Sedona Conference has published its Defend Trade Secrets Act Model Jury Instructions: DTSA 10th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, the product of Working Group 12’s consensus process. Earlier this year, we alerted clients to the draft instructions. The final publication cautions that the instructions are a starting point only, not binding law, and must be tailored to the facts, claims, and governing law of each case.
Firm News | 4 min read | 07.22.26
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.29.26
When Trade Secret Theft Becomes Racketeering: What the Fifth Circuit’s New Ruling Means
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26
Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim
Representative Matters
- Secured a significant victory (a preliminary injunction against patent infringement through trial) on behalf of Lonza Walkersville, Inc. against Israel-based Adva Biotechnology Ltd. in a case involving point-of-care cell-therapy technology.
- Secured jury verdict, judgment and eight figure damages award following weeks’ long trial in Delaware Superior Court for c3.ai, a leading Enterprise AI software and application company, in novel matter alleging its former customer, diesel engine manufacturer Cummins Inc., misappropriated c3.ai's trade secrets and breached the parties’ contract by studying c3.ai's trade secrets and replicating them into Cummins' own application.
Elissa's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.16.26
Sedona Finalizes DTSA Model Jury Instructions: Key Changes from the Draft
The Sedona Conference has published its Defend Trade Secrets Act Model Jury Instructions: DTSA 10th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, the product of Working Group 12’s consensus process. Earlier this year, we alerted clients to the draft instructions. The final publication cautions that the instructions are a starting point only, not binding law, and must be tailored to the facts, claims, and governing law of each case.
Firm News | 4 min read | 07.22.26
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.29.26
When Trade Secret Theft Becomes Racketeering: What the Fifth Circuit’s New Ruling Means
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26
Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim
Insights
The Defend Trade Secrets Act and How it Differs from State Trade Secret Laws
|08.30.22
Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
Elissa's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.16.26
Sedona Finalizes DTSA Model Jury Instructions: Key Changes from the Draft
The Sedona Conference has published its Defend Trade Secrets Act Model Jury Instructions: DTSA 10th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, the product of Working Group 12’s consensus process. Earlier this year, we alerted clients to the draft instructions. The final publication cautions that the instructions are a starting point only, not binding law, and must be tailored to the facts, claims, and governing law of each case.
Firm News | 4 min read | 07.22.26
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.29.26
When Trade Secret Theft Becomes Racketeering: What the Fifth Circuit’s New Ruling Means
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26
Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim
