The Bartko trade secret practice represents both plaintiffs and defendants in trial courts throughout the United States. Our tech-savvy and commercial litigators have handled matters in a broad array of technologies including mechanical devices, software, biotech, wireless communications, mobile technology, computer security, and computer equipment. Unlike classic big firm “litigators,” we are trial lawyers with a deep experience trying trade secret and other IP cases to verdict. We are ranked by Chambers and the Daily Journal among the top trade secret lawyers in California. Our depth of substantive and technical understanding, experience handling complex IP litigation, and willingness to take cases to trial ensure the best possible protection of our clients’ legal interests. Together, we are able to analyze the critical technical issues, develop an effective litigation strategy, and present winning arguments to judges and juries. With these skills, Bartko trade secret litigators have secured victory at trial, prevailed in preliminary injunction and other dispositive motion practice, and achieved favorable settlements. In 2019, we obtained an $845 million verdict for our client ASML.
Understanding the intersection of technology and commercial business objectives, Bartko lawyers help clients protect against trade secret misappropriation, negotiate trade secret disputes and, when needed, file suit, enjoin and remedy trade secret theft. The lack of big-firm overhead means that Bartko can cost-effectively handle smaller cases. We understand that cost matters and not all cases should be litigated without limits. At the same time, Bartko attorneys have gone toe-to-toe, and prevailed, against some of the largest law firms in the world.