Larry R. Laycock - Equity Shareholder

Mr. Laycock is a senior member of W|N’s litigation practice group. He has extensive experience as lead trial counsel and in the handling and successful resolution of intellectual property disputes prior to litigation and trial. Mr. Laycock’s litigation practice includes patent, trademark, copyright and related complex litigation matters. He also has substantial experience in appellate, transactional, licensing, and opinions relative to intellectual property. He is experienced in a broad scope  of intellectual property litigation matters, including successful representation in trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secret, patent and trademark opposition and related contractual matters, licensing  and other client counseling work. He has worked on cases that have presented a broad scope of technologies including pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and life sciences, material sciences, chemical deposition used in integrated circuit manufacturing, electronic data storage, medical devices, nutritional supplements, exercise equipment, thin film deposition, and complex chemical and polymer science, among others. Mr. Laycock’s litigation practice has also included substantial appellate experience. Mr. Laycock has also successfully represented his clients’ interests before arbitration and mediation panels and has successfully coordinated enforcement of his clients’ international patent portfolios throughout the European Union and Asia.  Mr. Laycock has successfully handled cases before the Utah Court of Appeals, the Utah Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Supreme Court and has successfully coordinated appeals before the European Patent  Office, and the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice, Chancery Division Patents Court.  

Primary Practice Focus

• Complex IP Litigation, Inter Partes Conflicts & Mediation and Arbitration
  • Patent Infringement, U. S. and Europe
  • Trademark Infringement
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Trade Dress Infringemen
  • Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
  • Patent Related Antitrust Actions
  • International Trade Commission
  • Patent and Trademark Oppositions, U.S. and Europe
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation

• Appeals
  • Before the U. S. Supreme Court
  • Before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Other Regional Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
  • Before the Utah Supreme Court and other Utah Appellate Courts

Other Practice Experience

• Licensing, Other Transactional Work & Client Counseling
• Patent Infringement Opinions
• Due Diligence Investigations of IP Portfolios
• U.S. and Foreign Licensing of IP Rights
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Assignments of IP Rights

Technical Experience

• Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
  • Material Sciences
  • Chemical Deposition Used In Integrated Circuit Manufacturing
• Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering
  • Exercise & Training Equipment
  • Medical and Dental Devices
• Electronics & Electrical Engineering
  • Electrical & Electromechanical Systems

Second Language

Spanish

Professional Accomplishments of Note

• Finisar Corporation v. The Direct TV Group, Inc., No. 1:05-CV-0264 (E.D. Tex 2006) (jury verdict of patent infringement; awarding Finisar damages of over $120 million (overturned on appeal)).
• Desktop Direct, Inc. v. Digital Equipment, Corp., 511 U.S. 863 (1994) (affirming favorable appellate decision).
• Baxter Healthcare Corp. v. Spectramed, Inc., 49 F.3d 1575 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (reversing non-infringement finding and affirming holding of no inequitable conduct).
• Biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KG v. Biocorp, Inc., 249 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (affirming jury verdict of infringement).
• Jazz Photo Corp v International Trade Commission, 264 F.3d 1094 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (reversing, remanding, and lifting stay).
• EMC Corp. v. Columbia Data Products, Inc., No. 2:01-CV-00312 (D. Utah Aug. 13, 2004) (ruling on summary judgment against invalidity, against CDP’s counterclaims, and in part for literal infringement).
• Lifetime Products, Inc. v. IQ Management Corporation, WIPO D2004-07190020 (2004) (enforcing a domain name claim).
• Lifetime Products, Inc. v. GSC Technology Corp., 97 Fed. Appx. 327 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (affirming grant of preliminary injunction).
• Free Motion Fitness, Inc. v. Cybex Int’l, Inc., 423 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (vacating grant of summary judgment of noninfringement).

Education

• J.D., cum laude, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 1986
• B.A., Brigham Young University, 1983

Professional Admissions and Associations

• Utah State Bar
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• International Bar Association
• American Bar Association