Wendy R. Stein

• Secured temporary restraining order on behalf of a trade secret owner to prevent the imminent disclosure of its trade secrets to the public.
• Member of trial team in case brought on behalf of a trade secret owner in EDNY. Second Circuit later affirmed jury verdict of trade secret misappropriation and permanent injunction against future trade secret misappropriation.
• Secured emergent relief on behalf of a trade secret owner in case against former employees and new company set up by former employees.
• Secured early dismissal of individuals named as defendants in trade secret case in life sciences industry. Aggressive defense strategy got these clients out of the case years before remaining corporate defendant.
• Secured early dismissal of individual defendants accused of trade secret misappropriation in software industry. Early successful motion to compel arbitration got these clients out of the case years before remaining defendants.

Patent Litigation and Other Matters

• Invalidated information exchange patent under 35 U.S.C. § 101 on grounds that it claimed patent ineligible subject matter. District court win was later affirmed on appeal by the Federal Circuit.
• Represented pharmaceutical company in “first to invent” battle involving more than 40 depositions across the United States and India and 15 testifying subject matter experts.
• Secured affirmance of a summary judgment of non-infringement.
• Secured temporary restraining order on behalf of trademark owner to stop infringement of its trademark and cybersquatting.
• Represented patent owner and alleged infringers in various GPS and GIS patent litigations and negotiated favorable settlements thereof.