Overview
(December 3, 2024, Washington, DC) – Steptoe's Trade Secrets practice and partner Boyd Cloern were ranked as "Highly Recommended" on World IP Review’s (WIPR) USA Trade Secrets Rankings 2024. The rankings assess law firms and lawyers on their capabilities in key areas of trade secrets law, including litigation, counseling, and policy advocacy. The rankings consider experience in high-stakes litigation, innovative approaches to protecting confidential information, and commitment to staying ahead of emerging challenges. WIPR shared the following about Boyd: "You won't find a more knowledgeable and experienced trade secret litigator.”
Boyd Cloern is one of the pre-eminent attorneys handling trade secret issues in the United States. Last year, China Business Law Journal ranked one of his matters as their Deal of the Year. In 2022, The National Law Journal listed his successful $64 million jury verdict as a Top 100 Verdict, and TopVerdict listed it as a Top 20 Commercial Litigation Verdict in the United States. Currently, Boyd is lead counsel in one of the largest, most procedurally complex and contentious trade secret and copyright disputes in the world, spanning multiple courts around the globe.
Beyond trade secrets matters, Boyd is also a first chair trial lawyer representing clients in all manner of intellectual property matters including copyright and patent claims, both in federal district courts and at the International Trade Commission. Boyd's IP cases have involved a wide range of technologies in various industries, including semi-conductors, automotive, LMR Radio communications systems, medical devices, smart phones, HDTV, HD Radio, and chemical flavoring. He also counsels clients on compliance issues related to trade secrets and competition.
Steptoe helps clients assess the value of their confidential, proprietary formulas, manufacturing and business processes, methods of operation, business strategies, and customer information. We counsel them on how best to protect trade secrets, recover trade secrets, obtain compensation if trade secrets are misappropriated, avoid misappropriation claims by others, and defend against misappropriation claims.
Read more about the rankings at WIPR.
About Steptoe
In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
