Andrea Stone is an intellectual property attorney with over 15 years of experience delivering trusted legal advice to clients in multiple industries, as both in-house and outside counsel. Andrea focuses her practice on intellectual property, privacy and data security, litigation, complex commercial contracting, and regulatory compliance matters.
Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Andrea was associate general counsel at Vitalant, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies health care organizations. In this position, Andrea managed the company’s patent, trademark, and domain name portfolios, including freedom to operate, brand clearance, strategic intellectual property protection, enforcement, licensing, and litigation. Andrea also advised on issues related to data privacy, cybersecurity, digital marketing, and advertising compliance.
Representative Experience
Representative Matters
- Successfully defended multiple clients against patent claims brought by non-practicing entities in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
- Significant trademark litigation involving client's iconic trademark and related domain name in a bet-the-company dispute over geographic rights and exclusive e-commerce channels.
- Copyright and trade secret case regarding scope of protection afforded a consumer database containing over 250 million records compiled in a proprietary database structure.
- False advertising, unfair competition, and trade disparagement case regarding competing nutritional supplements.
Professional Highlights
Judicial Externships
Hon. James A. Teilborg, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 2007
Professional Activities
Association of Corporate Counsel, Arizona Chapter, 2020-2025
Women's Executive Leadership Community, 2024-2025
Board Memberships & Community Service
Children's Museum of Phoenix, Board of Directors, 2013-2022; Board Chair, 2019-2020; Immediate Past Chair, 2020-2022
Windsor Square Historic Neighborhood and Special Conservation District, Board of Directors, 2022-2024
Credentials
Education
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (J.D. 2008)
Articles Editor, Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology
Vice President, Intellectual Property Student Association
University of Utah, College of Engineering (B.S. 2005)
Admissions
Arizona
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office