Wendy R. Stein

• Secured stipulated dismissal of individual defendants accused of trade secret misappropriation in transfer pricing industry. Early successful motion to compel arbitration got these clients out of the case years before remaining defendants.
• Secured favorable settlement dropping trade secret claims brought against executive and corporate defendant, challenging the trade secret claims brought against them as time barred.

Trade Secret Plaintiffs:

• Secured injunctive relief against former engineer alleged to have stolen IP from client.
• Secured temporary restraining order on behalf of a trade secret owner to prevent the imminent disclosure of its trade secrets to the public in an upcoming webinar.
• 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 those former employees. Emergency restraints secured by Wendy stopped these defendants from getting an unfair head start at competing which would have resulted from their unlawful retention of trade secrets.

Patent and Trademark Litigation 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 in 2022.
• Defeated 101 challenge to client’s software patent.
• Secured temporary restraining order on behalf of trademark owner stopping others from infringing on its trademark and cybersquatting.
• Represented patent owner and alleged infringers in various GPS and GIS patent litigations and negotiated favorable settlements saving clients millions of dollars so they could get back to focusing on their business.
• 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.