Annette Hurst Email & Phone Number

Experienced intellectual property trial lawyer and IP risk problem solver. Practice focused on intellectual property litigation, particularly copyright, patent, trade secrets and trademark litigation, as well as disputes involving complex commercial transactions in the software and Internet industries. Counseling of clients in technology industries regarding a variety of intellectual property issues, including protection and use of AI-related assets, product and marketing development for dual-use technologies, as well as IP-driven issues in major corporate and material licensing transactions. Honors• Chambers Band 1 for Copyrights, Trademarks and Trade Secrets (2017)• Top 100 Lawyer in California by The Daily Journal (2013)• Top Jury Verdict of 2012 by The Daily Journal• "Female Litigator of the Year - West," Benchmark Litigation (2013)• Leading Lawyer, Chambers USA (2012)• "Top 250 Women in Litigation," Benchmark Litigation (2012)• The Daily Journal's "Top 75 IP Litigators in California" in 2010, 2011 and 2012• Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America in 2011 and 2012• 2011 “California Lawyer of the Year” by California Lawyer magazine • The Daily Journal’s list of the “Top 10 Trademark Lawyers in California” in 2008 • San Francisco Magazine's "Top 50 Women Attorneys in Northern California" (2012)• Legal 500 for Orrick's Tier 1 band in trade secret litigation (2011)• "Litigator of the Week" by The American Lawyer, April 22, 2011• The National Law Journal top “40 Under 40” in 2005• The Daily Journal “Top 20 Lawyers under 40" in 2004• Repeatedly listed as a "Northern California Top 100 Super Lawyer," "Top 50 Female Super Lawyer" and "Top IP Litigator" by the Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine