Elissa N. Tenenbaum

Associate

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.

Elissa is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office, where she splits her practice between the Patent and ITC Litigation and Patent Prosecution groups.

During law school, she was the managing editor of the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property, a member of the school’s Society of Women in Law, and a member of the Intellectual Property Law Society. Elissa was also a law clerk, where she drafted patent and trademark applications.

Career & Education

    • University of Michigan, B.S., cum laude, mechanical engineering, 2018
    • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2021
    • 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
    • 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

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • American Bar Association, Member
    • Chicago Women in IP, Member 
    • Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Member

Elissa's Insights

Firm News | 4 min read | 07.22.26

Crowell & Moring Marks Six Months of Legora Integration with Transformative Results Across Global Platform

Washington, D.C. – July 22, 2026 – Crowell & Moring LLP today shared results from its firmwide integration of Legora as a collaborative AI platform. Crowell has realized significant gains in opportunities to deliver for clients across practices and jurisdictions.  ...

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

Firm News | 4 min read | 07.22.26

Crowell & Moring Marks Six Months of Legora Integration with Transformative Results Across Global Platform

Washington, D.C. – July 22, 2026 – Crowell & Moring LLP today shared results from its firmwide integration of Legora as a collaborative AI platform. Crowell has realized significant gains in opportunities to deliver for clients across practices and jurisdictions.  ...

Elissa's Insights

Firm News | 4 min read | 07.22.26

Crowell & Moring Marks Six Months of Legora Integration with Transformative Results Across Global Platform

Washington, D.C. – July 22, 2026 – Crowell & Moring LLP today shared results from its firmwide integration of Legora as a collaborative AI platform. Crowell has realized significant gains in opportunities to deliver for clients across practices and jurisdictions.  ...