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 | 2 min read | 06.29.26
When Trade Secret Theft Becomes Racketeering: What the Fifth Circuit’s New Ruling Means
RICO was built for the mob. But Congress gave trade secret victims access to it in 2016, and a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision shows that access is real.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26
Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.20.26
Crowell Secures $23.3 Million Jury Verdict for C3.ai in Major Trade Secret Case
Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.15.26
Who Invented That? When AI Writes the Code, Patent Validity Issues May Follow
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 | 2 min read | 06.29.26
When Trade Secret Theft Becomes Racketeering: What the Fifth Circuit’s New Ruling Means
RICO was built for the mob. But Congress gave trade secret victims access to it in 2016, and a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision shows that access is real.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26
Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.20.26
Crowell Secures $23.3 Million Jury Verdict for C3.ai in Major Trade Secret Case
Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.15.26
Who Invented That? When AI Writes the Code, Patent Validity Issues May Follow
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 | 2 min read | 06.29.26
When Trade Secret Theft Becomes Racketeering: What the Fifth Circuit’s New Ruling Means
RICO was built for the mob. But Congress gave trade secret victims access to it in 2016, and a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision shows that access is real.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26
Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.20.26
Crowell Secures $23.3 Million Jury Verdict for C3.ai in Major Trade Secret Case
Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.15.26
Who Invented That? When AI Writes the Code, Patent Validity Issues May Follow
