Elizabeth A. Rowe

Elizabeth Rowe is a nationally renowned expert on trade secrets and intellectual property law. She directs, along with Danielle Citron, the Law School’s LawTech Center. She is also co-director, along with John Duffy, of the Center on Intellectual Property Law. She teaches Patent Law, Trademark Law and Trade Secret Law.

Rowe is a prolific scholar who has published over 50 books and articles. In particular, she has co-authored or contributed to over a dozen books on intellectual property, including the first and leading casebook in the United States on trade secret law (now in its third edition), a “Nutshell” treatise on trade secrets and a book on trade secrecy in international transactions. She recently co-authored the “Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide” for the federal judiciary. She serves as Reporter to the Uniform Law Commission’s Study Committee on Trade Secrets.

Many of Rowe’s articles have been named among the best intellectual property articles of the year. Much of her research addresses the intersection of trade secrets with employment law and technology, as well as the interplay between intellectual property, government policy and innovation. She has been recognized for her exceptional teaching and scholarship with numerous accolades.

Rowe is a member of the American Law Institute and a member of the Leadership Council for The Sedona Conference, which conducts in-depth study in the areas of antitrust, complex litigation and intellectual property rights to provide nonpartisan consensus-based guidance to courts and attorneys. She also is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Rowe serves as a consultant and an expert in litigation. Her expertise and qualifications as an expert have been acknowledged in a published court opinion.

She is a former partner at the law firm Hale and Dorr in Boston (now WilmerHale), where she practiced complex commercial litigation, including intellectual property and employment litigation. While in practice, she was selected as one of the top five up-and-coming attorneys in Massachusetts.

Prior to joining the UVA Law faculty, she served as the Irving Cypen Professor of Law and a Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she was director of the program in intellectual property law. Rowe was recognized by the University of Florida Research Foundation for her “outstanding research and scholarly achievements.” She was the first member of the Florida law faculty inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars for her exceptional teaching and scholarship accomplishments. She also received the Jack Wessel Research Excellence Award from the Office of the Provost.