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Claire Laporte
Partner
Boston
Claire Laporte has received recognition in both Chambers USA and Massachusetts SuperLawyers for her extensive and successful intellectual property practice. She represents clients in complex patent litigation and technology-related matters in a broad range of technical specialties including biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, computer vision, and other software.
Claire's litigation focus is in the federal courts, but she has also provided clients with representation before the International Trade Commission. In addition to her trial practice, Claire undertakes extensive appellate work, both in client representation and the filing of amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
She also provides strategic patent portfolio counseling services and opinions on patent-related matters.
Pro bono coordinator at Foley Hoag LLP.
Bars and Court Admissions
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
professional / civic involvement
Federal Circuit Bar Association, Board of Directors
Boston Patent Law Association, Member; Trade Secrets Law Committee of the Boston Patent Law Association, Co-Chair
A senior attorney in the firm's pro bono domestic violence prevention project
Served twice as co-chair of the Domestic Violence Council, an association of legal service providers to battered women and is currently a member
Participated in the drafting of legislation relating to battered women and has worked on a variety of amicus briefs addressing constitutional issues arising from Massachusetts' statutory system of domestic violence prevention
Boston Bar Association, Member
Women's Bar Association, Member
AIPLA, Member
Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association, Board of Directors
SPEECHES AND CONFERENCES
"Preparing and Presenting the Critical Witness at Trial," presented at 22nd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 2007
"Improving Your Markman-ship: Hitting the Bullseye on Claim Construction," presented at 20th Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 2005
"Patent Litigation," presented at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Business Litigation Conference 2003 on February 26, 2003
Presentation on amicus briefs at Federal Circuit Bar Association Bench & Bar Conference on June 27, 2002
"Intellectual Property Issues in Franchising," presented at American Bar Association Annual Meeting on August 4, 2001
"Problems with Festo," presented at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education on June 8, 2001
publications
Trademark Infringement and Related Claims, BUSINESS TORTS IN MASSACHUSETTS - MCLE (2002)
Claire Laporte and Steven G. Tidrick, What uses of generics relate to FDA submissions, NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL (January 2002)
United States Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of Texas Municipal League et al. in Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. v. Veeck, No. 02-355
Intellectual Property Issues in Franchising, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FORUM ON FRANCHISING (August 4, 2001)
Problems with Festo, MCLE (2001)
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., brief supporting Festo's petition for certiorari and brief on the merits
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