James Pooley

JAMES (JIM) POOLEY is one of the world's leading experts in trade secret law and data asset management, serving as co-counsel, testifying expert and advisor. In addition to this book and its earlier editions, he is the author of the lawyer's desk reference Trade Secrets (Law Journal Press) and coauthor of the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide (Federal Judicial Center). The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee relied on Jim for advice and testimony regarding the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act, and...See more

JAMES (JIM) POOLEY is one of the world's leading experts in trade secret law and data asset management, serving as co-counsel, testifying expert and advisor. In addition to this book and its earlier editions, he is the author of the lawyer's desk reference Trade Secrets (Law Journal Press) and coauthor of the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide (Federal Judicial Center). The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee relied on Jim for advice and testimony regarding the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act, and one Senator called his participation "instrumental" in achieving passage of this landmark legislation.In 2009 Jim was appointed by the White House to a five-year term as Deputy Director General for Innovation and Technology at the World Intellectual Property Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, where he served as the senior American diplomat regarding intellectual property and managed the international patent system.He has served as President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and Chairman of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He is Chair Emeritus of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Trade Secrets and is CoChair of the Trade Secrets Task Force of the International Chamber of Commerce. For many years he taught Trade Secret law at the University of California Berkeley Law School. In 2016 he was inducted into the Intellectual Property Hall of Fame for his contributions to IP law and practice.Jim has been involved since his youth in the Boy Scouts of America, serving in local and national volunteer positions. He has been recognized by the BSA as a Distinguished Eagle Scout and is also a Baden-Powell Fellow. He is an honors graduate of Lafayette College and received his JD degree from Columbia University Law School as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He speaks French at an advanced level. See less