Pooley, James

James (Jim) Pooley focuses on trade secret law and management, as a consultant and testifying expert.  He has authored or co-authored several major IP works, including his treatise Trade Secrets (Law Journal Press), the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide and the Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide (both published by the Federal Judicial Center). The most recent edition of his business book is titled Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage. The Senate Judiciary Committee relied on Jim for expert advice and testimony regarding the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act. From 2009 to 2014 he managed the international patent system (PCT) at WIPO as Deputy Director General for Innovation and Technology. He has served as President of AIPLA, Chairman of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Chair of the Sedona Conference Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets, and Co-Chair of the Trade Secrets Task Force of the International Chamber of Commerce. He has taught Trade Secret law at UC Berkeley. In 2016 Jim was inducted into the IP Hall of Fame.