Patrick W. Lauppe

Patrick W. Lauppe is an intellectual property litigator and an associate at Cooley LLP, based in the firm's Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices. His practice focuses on patent disputes involving complex software and electronics technologies. Lauppe has experience litigating cases related to artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, LiDAR sensors, semiconductor chips, video coding, and wireless communications. He has represented clients in federal district courts, Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Consistent with the provided case data showing his work on the defense side for Niantic, Lauppe primarily represents technology companies defending against patent infringement claims. He has also represented smaller emerging companies as both plaintiffs and defendants. His experience includes representing both patent owners and challengers in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings at the PTAB, where he has successfully argued for the invalidation of all challenged claims in a case involving microelectromechanical sensors. In district court, he was involved in securing a finding that all asserted patent claims against an augmented reality gaming client were invalid.

Lauppe has been with Cooley for his entire professional career. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a patent law clerk for Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Lauppe earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2018 and his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 2013, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia.