Counsel

Ash Nagdev

Privacy and Cybersecurity
IP Litigation

anagdev@sidley.com

Palo Alto +1 650 565 7057

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Ash Nagdev at Berkeley — September 20, 2016: Ash Nagdev spoke to students at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (University of California, Berkeley, School of Law) on the subject of, “The Normalization of Patent Rights.”

ASH NAGDEV is counsel in Sidley’s Palo Alto office and a member of the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. In addition, Ash is also a member of the firm’s IP Litigation practice with over a decade of experience litigating patent, copyright, trade secret, and contract matters in federal and state court. Ash is also a member of Sidley’s California Consumer Privacy Litigation Task Force, a dedicated group of lawyers focusing specifically on litigation involving the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

Ash was named a “Rising Star” in the 2013-2020 editions of Super Lawyers. Prior to entering the legal profession, he was a software engineer at Symantec Corporation working on consumer (“Norton Security” products) and enterprise level security products. Ash is a registered United States Patent Attorney. He earned his J.D. from Northwestern School of Law and B.S. in computer science from UCLA.

Experience

Ash advises companies on a variety of data privacy and cybersecurity issues, such as those pertaining to the CCPA, COPPA, GLBA, PCI DSS, HIPAA, Unfair and Deceptive Trade practices, state privacy and common law claims, and privacy enforcement in federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission. In addition, Ash assists companies with data breach management, privacy compliance programs, and cross-border data transfers.

As a litigator, Ash’s persistence and persuasion has helped his clients achieve advantageous jury verdicts, “walk away” dismissals, and favorable settlements, including the following:

Assisted Zywave, Inc., a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of front office distribution solutions backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Aurora Capital Partners in its acquisition of Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of marketing, rating and management software and services to the insurance industry, from Accel-KKR;
Assisted major technology conglomerate in obtaining a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in connection with its data privacy practices;
Assisted major computer software company in securing a complete defense jury verdict on all issues, including patent infringement, patent invalidity, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and various other state law claims;
After filing a Motion to Disqualify, helped a major electronics manufacturer accused of patent infringement to a de minimis settlement;
Assisted a cellular communications provider in obtaining summary judgment of non-infringement against a non-practicing entity who in previous cases involving the same patent survived summary judgment and obtained significant settlement dollars from similarly situated defendants.

*Some of the above matters were handled by Ash prior to joining Sidley.

Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), an organization dedicated to generating and nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Serves on the Pro Bono Advisory Council of Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) and conducts pro bono work with the organization.

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, N.D. of California
U.S. District Court, C.D. of California
U.S. District Court, S.D. of California
U.S. District Court, N.D. of Georgia
U.S. District Court, E.D. of Texas
California

Education

Northwestern School of Law, J.D., 2008
University of California, Los Angeles, B.S. in Computer Science, 2002