James . Pooley

James Pooley PLC

James (Jim) Pooley, Esq., focuses on trade secret law and management, as an advocate, advisor, testifying expert and neutral.  He is an author or co-author of several major IP works, including his treatise Trade Secrets (Law Journal Press), the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide and the recently-released Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide (both published by the Federal Judicial Center). His most recent business book is Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage (2d ed. 2024). The Senate Judiciary Committee relied on Jim for expert testimony and advice on the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act. From 2009 to 2014 Jim served as Deputy Director General of WIPO in Geneva, where he managed the PCT. He is a past President of AIPLA and Chairman of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He is Chair Emeritus of the Sedona Conference Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets and Co-Chair of the Trade Secrets Task Force of the International Chamber of Commerce. In 2016 Jim was inducted into the IP Hall of Fame for his contributions to IP law and practice.

 

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