IP and Trade Secret Litigation in the Tech Sector with Christie Thoene and Kirti Gupta

Tue, Aug 18, 2026 | 11:00 am ET

The Capitol Forum will host a conference call with Christie Thoene, a policy, legal, and communications consultant at CTG Advisory, and Kirti Gupta, Vice President and Chief Economist of Global Technology at Cornerstone Research, to discuss recent developments in intellectual property and trade secret litigation in the technology sector.

For assistance, contact: events@tcfpress.com.

The discussion topics will include:
  • Streaming patent wars
  • The effect of non-compete agreements
  • The rise in trade secret litigation, including Apple’s recent lawsuit against OpenAI
  • The impact of these developments on the future of the technology sector

Speakers:

Christie Thoene

Christie Thoene is a policy, legal, and communications consultant at CTG Advisory. She previously served as Vice President of Policy and Legal Communications at Qualcomm, where she spent nearly 20 years navigating some of the most consequential patent and intellectual property battles around the world.

Kirti Gupta

Kirti Gupta is Vice President and Chief Economist of Global Technology at Cornerstone Research, where her expertise spans engineering, product development, litigation, and policy in the technology sector. She previously served as Vice President and Chief Economist at Qualcomm.

Your Host Teddy Downey

Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum

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