Nuts & Bolts of Trade Secrets

Mindy Morton is a Partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. There she focuses on intellectual property, data privacy, internet, and healthcare litigation. She helps companies from funded start-ups to public companies handle trade secret, privacy, copyright, trademark, patent, and complex commercial disputes. Mindy frequently assists with complex commercial litigation involving software contracts, intellectual property licenses, and non-compete agreements. In addition to managing litigation involving all matters of IP, Mindy serves on the steering committee for Sedona Conference’s Working Group 12 on trade secrets and co-chairs the ABA IP Section’s Trade Secrets Committee. She leads Procopio’s Trade Secrets practice group.

Amelia Sargent is a Counsel at Larson LLP. Amelia has more than thirteen years of experience litigating a diverse array of complex commercial disputes, including trade secret misappropriation and employee mobility actions, breach of contract, mass torts, copyright infringement, and cultural property disputes. As lead counsel, Amelia has leveraged her skillful negotiation and forensic expertise to successfully resolve numerous trade secret matters on behalf of key executives and employees, often before litigation is even filed. On behalf of a Korean LED manufacturer, she briefed, argued, and won simultaneous motions for summary judgment, and briefed, argued, and won the subsequent Ninth Circuit appeal. On three occasions, Amelia has had the honor of drafting and submitting amicus curiae briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States.