Lawrence LaPorte

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Lawrence (Larry) R. LaPorte — Patent Litigation Summary

Specialty / focus areas. LaPorte is a Los Angeles-based senior partner in Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith's national Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, where he handles IP litigation, licensing and technology transactions. His publicly described technical experience spans aerospace and aviation, fiber optic/optical communications, semiconductors and microelectronic circuits, software, LEDs, solar cells, electronic design automation tools, fintech, and eyewear. The two tracked matters are consistent with that breadth: Hyper Ice, Inc. v. Therabody, Inc. (C.D. Cal.), a consumer electro-mechanical device dispute over percussive massage/therapy products and a "communication devices, methods, and systems" patent, and one unidentified defendant-side matter.

Side preference. The structured data shows an evenly split practice — one plaintiff-side appearance and one defendant-side appearance — with LaPorte serving as counsel in the plaintiff case and lead counsel in the defendant case. Public dockets indicate the mix is broader than the two tracked entries: he has also represented plaintiff-side patent holders (e.g., Core Optical Technologies, LLC in its C.D. Cal. actions against Nokia, ADVA Optical Networking, and Cisco Systems over the '211 patent on cross-polarization interference cancellation in fiber optic systems, and Hyper Ice, Inc. in Hyper Ice v. Joicom Corp.). Firm materials state he has helped clients monetize patent portfolios through litigation-based licensing programs, which is consistent with the plaintiff-side/NPE-adjacent work alongside his defense-side engagements. He appears to work both sides rather than being aligned with a single posture.

Firm context. LaPorte is currently at Lewis Brisbois in Los Angeles. He previously practiced at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, joining Lewis Brisbois as an IP partner (the firm's announcement of the hire does not name his earlier firms; his firm bio describes starting his career at an unnamed "IP litigation powerhouse firm" followed by "one of the largest international law firms"). No in-house affiliation is indicated. Beyond patents, he handles trade secret, trademark, copyright, antitrust/unfair competition, and related contract litigation.

Notable matters and outcomes. The most prominent verified result is trade secret rather than patent: the firm reports he obtained a favorable settlement, a worldwide injunction compelling return of the trade secrets, and monetary sanctions for Meggitt PLC in a aviation-sensor trade secret misappropriation case involving China-based theft. The Hyper Ice v. Therabody matter is his best-documented tracked patent case and has generated multiple related filings between the parties, including a claim construction hearing scheduled before Judge John W. Holcomb in the C.D. Cal. (8:24-cv-02034). In the Core Optical/Nokia litigation, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a district court summary judgment that had rejected Core Optical's standing (Core Optical Techs., LLC v. Nokia Corp., No. 23-1001, Fed. Cir. May 21, 2024) — note this was a plaintiff-side win on appeal, but I could not confirm from available sources whether LaPorte remained counsel of record at the appellate stage, so his specific role in that result is unattributed. I found no verifiable jury verdicts or trial wins attributable to him by name.

PTAB / IPR experience. I found no identifiable IPR or PGR proceedings naming LaPorte as counsel; a search hit for "IPR2016-01254" referenced a deposition of a technical expert named "Dr. La Porta," a different individual. His firm bio states generally that he has represented clients in U.S. and foreign Patent and Trademark Office proceedings, but that claim is not independently verifiable as to PTAB trials.

Bar / education. Admitted to the State Bar of California on December 14, 1987 (Bar No. 130003); registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the federal district courts in California. J.D. with honors, University of Minnesota Law School (1987); B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology (1984).

Caveat: The structured case list is authoritative and records only two tracked appearances; additional matters noted above come from public court dockets and firm recruitment announcements. The defendant-side lead-counsel case is not identified in the tracked data, so its subject matter cannot be described.