Noted for its ‘proactivity and creativity’, Goodwin assists its roster of clients in the remit of litigious trade secret cases, including those involving copyright infringement, unfair competition and high-profile misappropriations, in both domestic and international contexts. Co-leads of the practice are San Francisco’s Brett Schuman, who is well placed to represent well-known tech clients in complex disputes, and Boston-based Elaine Blais. Further key names on the West Coast are San Francisco’s Jeremy Lateiner and Koray Bulut who has expertise in employee mobility and non-compete matters as well as Silicon Valley’s Neel Chatterjee who has multi-jurisdictional experience and Andrew Ong who acts before the Federal courts and the USPTO. On the East Coast, Boston-based Robert Carroll has a life sciences and tech specialism, while Amadou Kilkenny Diaw in Washington DC has patent and trade secret litigation expertise. John Padro is also a key practitioner in New York.
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Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘Goodwin works with us in a complex dispute which involves an arbitration in Italy, court cases in the USA, and a criminal case in India. The dispute encompasses issues of copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition.'

  • 'Their strengths are their depth of team, which allows to cover all areas of complex transnational litigations, as well as their proactivity and creativity in the management of court cases.’

  • ‘We work with Alexandra Valenti. We really value the team.’

Clients clés

  • Rivian Automotive, Inc.
  • Keysight Technologies, Inc.
  • NGL Labs LLC
  • PalatiumCare Inc.
  • HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Smartcar, Inc.
  • EpicentRx Inc
  • Insulet Corporation
  • SAFE Securities, Inc.
  • Cutera, Inc.

Points forts

  • Represented Rivian Automotive in a high-profile trade secret misappropriation case brought by Tesla, involving allegations that former Tesla employees hired by Rivian shared proprietary information, primarily related to next-generation EV battery technology.
  • Representing Insulet Corporation in a month-long jury trial in the District of Massachusetts regarding former Insulet executives and misappropriated trade secrets and infringed patents.
  • Represented HotSpot Therapeutics in a trade secret and breach of contract case brought by Nurix Therapeutics in the Northern District of California.

Avocats

Hall of Fame

Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.

Les grands avocats de demain

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Meilleurs collaborateurs

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Responsable de la pratique

Brett Schuman; Elaine Blais

Autres avocats clés

Alexandra Valenti; Koray Bulut; Andrew Ong; Neel Chatterjee; Jeremy Lateiner; Elizabeth Low; Alexandra Lu; Naomi Birbach; Sharon Smith; John Padro; Tiffany Mahmood