Trade Secret Legal Protection 2025
Formerly known as Trade Secret IP Protection and Litigation, we’ve rebranded to Trade Secret Legal Protection to reflect a broader focus on safeguarding and enforcing trade secrets.
This year, we’re kicking off with a Patent vs Trade Secret IP Pre-Day, a dedicated exploration of the strategic decisions companies face when balancing patents and trade secrets. Over three days, we’ll bring together corporate leaders, legal experts, and industry pioneers to tackle key challenges, from evolving case law and FTC non-compete developments to AI risks and cross-border enforcement. With practical workshops, interactive sessions, and a black-tie awards ceremony, this is your chance to gain actionable insights and connect with those shaping the future of trade secret protection.
Attendees
Industry leading speakers
In-House Counsel
Hours of dedicated networking time
2025 Advisory Board
Hannah Joseph
Director of Trade Secret
Regeneron
Hannah Joseph
Director of Trade Secret
Regeneron
Hannah T. Joseph serves as Director of Trade Secrets at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. At Regeneron, she drives strategy for the protection of trade secrets and proprietary information. Before joining Regeneron, Hannah worked at Beck Reed Riden LLP, a boutique law firm in Boston, where she specialized in the areas of trade secrets law, restrictive covenants, and employee mobility for nearly a decade. Hannah holds a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University.
Joseph D'Angelo
Head of IP Litigation
Analog Devices
Joseph D'Angelo
Head of IP Litigation
Analog Devices
Julie Lappin
Senior IP Counsel
Nestle
Julie Lappin
Senior IP Counsel
Nestle
Kelly Burke
Associate Senior Legal Counsel- IP Investigations
Adobe
Kelly Burke
Associate Senior Legal Counsel- IP Investigations
Adobe
Kelly Burke is Associate Senior Legal Counsel, IP Investigations at Adobe, where she focuses on IP investigations and protection, and leads the Trade Secret Protection Program. Prior to that, she was Senior Security Counsel at Apple, concentrating on insider threats. Before she went in-house, she was a prosecutor for more than a decade at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where she specialized in trying complex white collar, public corruption, and public integrity criminal cases.
Ken Corsello
US Trade Secrets Counsel / Patent Licensing Counsel
IBM Corporation
Ken Corsello
US Trade Secrets Counsel / Patent Licensing Counsel
IBM Corporation
Lana Gladstein
General Counsel
Seaport Therapeutics
Lana Gladstein
General Counsel
Seaport Therapeutics
Mike Binns
Associate General Counsel
Meta
Mike Binns
Associate General Counsel
Meta
Shane O`Neill
Assistant General Counsel
Norsk Titanium
Shane O`Neill
Assistant General Counsel
Norsk Titanium
What’s New for 2025
Stay ahead of the competition with insights into the latest trade secret prosecution and litigation strategies, including injunction, trade secret misappropriation and cross border issues.
Who Attends
Our Audience
2024 Featured Speakers
Adam Gershenson
Partner
Cooley
Adam Gershenson
Partner
Cooley
Barry focuses his practice on complex patent litigation. He is an experienced first-chair trial attorney with extensive federal jury and bench trial experience, having tried numerous intellectual property cases to verdict. Although Barry has represented clients at all levels of litigation in various fields of technology, including computer software, medical devices, office furniture, the Internet, insurance, manufacturing, LEDs and telecommunications, he focuses on consumer electronics and Hatch-Waxman litigation.
In addition to handling complex jury and bench trials nationwide, Barry has participated in all aspects of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitrations and mediations. In this regard, he has also developed innovative approaches and strategies to resolve significant disputes to avoid costly litigation.
Barry has led trial teams in more than 90 cases, many settling on favorable terms prior to trial. Barry has extensive experience litigating consumer electronic cases over cell phones, display modules containing pixel assemblies, point of sale machines, semi-conductor manufacturing, mobile security solutions for portable electronic traffic message boards, VOIP technology, and fiber optics. Barry also has litigated highly specialized Hatch-Waxman statutory patent infringement actions involving prescription pharmaceutical drugs.
Anand Patel
Senior Counsel
DOJ (Department of Justice)
Anand Patel
Senior Counsel
DOJ (Department of Justice)
Anand B. Patel is Senior Counsel in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section at the Department of Justice. He investigates and prosecutes trade secrets theft, ransomware attacks, and computer intrusions. Mr. Patel teaches Trade Secrets Law at the George Washington University Law School. Before joining the Department, Mr. Patel spent a decade as an attorney at Paul Hastings LLP, where he handled all facets of disputes involving trade secrets. He previously served as law clerk to the Honorable William Bryson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Patel graduated from UVA School of Law and MIT.
Barry P. Golob
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation
Cozen O'Connor
Barry P. Golob
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation
Cozen O'Connor
Barry focuses his practice on complex patent litigation. He is an experienced first-chair trial attorney with extensive federal jury and bench trial experience, having tried numerous intellectual property cases to verdict. Although Barry has represented clients at all levels of litigation in various fields of technology, including computer software, medical devices, office furniture, the Internet, insurance, manufacturing, LEDs and telecommunications, he focuses on consumer electronics and Hatch-Waxman litigation.
In addition to handling complex jury and bench trials nationwide, Barry has participated in all aspects of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitrations and mediations. In this regard, he has also developed innovative approaches and strategies to resolve significant disputes to avoid costly litigation.
Barry has led trial teams in more than 90 cases, many settling on favorable terms prior to trial. Barry has extensive experience litigating consumer electronic cases over cell phones, display modules containing pixel assemblies, point of sale machines, semi-conductor manufacturing, mobile security solutions for portable electronic traffic message boards, VOIP technology, and fiber optics. Barry also has litigated highly specialized Hatch-Waxman statutory patent infringement actions involving prescription pharmaceutical drugs.
A member of the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association, Barry regularly speaks around the country on various judges' panels on mediation and settlement techniques, as well as best practices for successful trials.
Barry graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and earned his law degree from Washington College of Law of the American University.
Barry J. Schindler
Intellectual Property & Technology Lawyer
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Barry J. Schindler
Intellectual Property & Technology Lawyer
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Barry J. Schindler is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Patents and Innovation Strategies Group. Barry has over 30 years of legal experience in all aspects of IP protection. Barry not only manages global patent portfolios but also provides strategic counsel on trade secrets including trade secret audits and due diligence. Barry represents major companies and start-ups. His expertise spans diverse technical domains, including AI, machine learning, AgriTech, FoodTech, Fintech, cloud computing, chemical, pharmaceutical, material science, and medical devices. Barry helps clients balance IP protection by strategically choosing between patents and trade secrets, ensuring comprehensive coverage for innovations.
Beth Krewson
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Formation Bio
Beth Krewson
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Formation Bio
Chris Buntel
Co-Founder & CIPO
Tangibly
Chris Buntel
Co-Founder & CIPO
Tangibly
Chris Buntel is a US intellectual property attorney with over 20 years experience connecting innovation and intellectual property law. He is a co-founder and the CIPO of Tangibly. Chris is passionate about trade secrets – the “next big thing” in intellectual property evolution. While other forms of intellectual property have been well supported for years, people are just now realizing the huge need for trade secret management tools and education. He has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Stanford University, and J.D. in Law from University of Houston.
Clint Morrison
Counsel
Patterson Belknap Weber & Tyler LLP
Clint Morrison
Counsel
Patterson Belknap Weber & Tyler LLP
Geoff White
General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel
SilcoTek
Geoff White
General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel
SilcoTek
Geoffrey White is General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel for SilcoTek Corporation, a high-tech materials science company solving challenges for the world’s most innovative organizations. Geoffrey was previously in private practice, handling IP matters for startups through huge organizations. He has an MBA from Cambridge, an IP LLM from George Washington, a JD from Widener, and a BS in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been named multiple times to IAM 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists, spoken in countless venues on value-focused IP strategy, and collaborates with Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing on Innovation and IP Management research.
Gregory Bombard
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Gregory Bombard
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Gregory S. Bombard is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on trade secret litigation. Greg also handles other IP litigation and complex commercial disputes. His trade secret clients are primarily in high tech industries, including biotech, medical devices, software, robotics, fintech, and manufacturing. Greg is an author of the ABA’s Guide to Protecting and Litigating Trade Secrets, 2nd Ed., and co-chairs of the ABA’s Trade Secret Litigation Subcommittee. Greg is a shareholder in the Boston office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. He can be reached at gregory.bombard@gtlaw.com.
Hannah Joseph
Director of Trade Secret
Regeneron
Hannah Joseph
Director of Trade Secret
Regeneron
Hannah T. Joseph serves as Director of Trade Secrets at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. At Regeneron, she drives strategy for the protection of trade secrets and proprietary information. Before joining Regeneron, Hannah worked at Beck Reed Riden LLP, a boutique law firm in Boston, where she specialized in the areas of trade secrets law, restrictive covenants, and employee mobility for nearly a decade. Hannah holds a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University.
Honorable Judge William G Young
Senior District Judge
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Honorable Judge William G Young
Senior District Judge
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
The Honorable Faith Hochberg is a nationally recognized Federal Judge and former United States Attorney known for her broad expertise spanning judicial, federal law enforcement, and financial institution regulatory top level positions. In 2015, Judge Hochberg retired from the bench to found Hochberg ADR, LLC, which provides mediation, arbitration, and mock court exercises in high profile, complex matters in national and international litigation. Judge Hochberg serves as a court-appointed Monitor in international cybersecurity cases, and as a court-appointed Special Master in many cases in both federal and state courts, including complex multi-district litigation (MDL cases).
Judge Hochberg is a distinguished neutral admitted to the rosters of the AAA, ICDR, ICC, and CPR; she is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute. Her expertise broadly spans many areas of law: class actions, corporate contract, insurance, banking & financial institutions, securities, antitrust, trade secrets, pharmaceutical development and licensing, patent and other intellectual property litigation and licensing, merger and acquisition transactions, and partnership disputes.
Judge Hochberg was twice nominated by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, first as United States Attorney and then as a United States District Judge. During her tenure on the bench, she has presided over thousands of federal cases, including large class actions, securities, banking, patent and intellectual property, pharmaceutical intellectual property and licensing, antitrust, insurance, ERISA, corporate contract, construction related disputes, employment and partnership disputes, and others. The Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation appointed her to preside over large national multi-district cases, filed across the country and consolidated to be managed by Judge Hochberg. She is a frequent speaker both nationally and internationally on patent law, class actions, employment law, and alternative dispute resolution.
Judge Hochberg was invited to sit by designation on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and served as a patent pilot judge with special expertise in this complex area of law. She was honored as the first Fellow of the Innovation Center for Law and Technology at New York Law School and also serves on the Center’s Advisory Board. She previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Lasker Foundation, acclaimed for its prominence in promoting outstanding research in science and medicine.
Judge Hochberg was the top federal law enforcement official when she served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, managing strategy and operations of the large public office. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, she spearheaded multinational tactics to combat money laundering, and was responsible for oversight of the Treasury Department’s enforcement agencies, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control [OFAC], the Bank Secrecy Office, as well as Secret Service, U.S. Customs Service and other agencies.
Judge Hochberg has developed risk management and civil regulatory enforcement criteria for financial institutions during her service as Senior Deputy Chief Counsel of the OTS during the S & L crisis.
Judge Hochberg received her law degree from Harvard Law School, where she graduated magna cum laude and was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Judge Hochberg graduated, summa cum laude, from Tufts University, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She also attended the London School of Economics.
Honorable Faith Hochberg
(Retired Judge)
United States District Judge
Honorable Faith Hochberg
(Retired Judge)
United States District Judge