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Laura P. Masurovsky
202.408.4043
laura.masurovsky@finnegan.com

901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4413
202.408.4000
Fax 202.408.4400

Bar and Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • New York
  • Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Education

  • Harvard Law School
    J.D., cum laude, 1983
  • Tufts University
    B.A., French/Russian, summa cum laude, 1977

Language

  • French
  • Russian

Laura P. Masurovsky

Partner

Laura Masurovsky chairs the firm’s intellectual property specialties practice. She has significant litigation experience as a first-chair trial lawyer in jury and bench trials. Her cases cover a wide variety of technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and electronics.

Ms. Masurovsky joined Finnegan in 1999. She previously served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia, worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly litigating white collar criminal and complex commercial cases, and ran her own law practice.  She also worked at the State Department where she negotiated and implemented law enforcement treaties.

Highlights

  • Lilly v. Teva (S.D. Ind., Fed. Cir. 2009): Represented Lilly in ANDA litigation, obtaining extension of statutory stay and preliminary injunction.
  • Lilly v. Teva et al. (S.D. Ind., Fed. Cir.2007): Enforced Lilly patent in ANDA litigation resulting in permanent injunction.
  • Telcordia v. Lucent & Cisco (D. Del. 2007): Represented Telcordia in jury trial resulting in favorable verdict on infringement and damages.
  • Audio MPEG v. Creative and Audio MPEG v. Thomson (E.D.Va. 2006): Led litigation on enforcement of patents on MPEG audio technology.
  • Philips v. IP Global (S.D.N.Y. 2003): Led litigation for IP Global’s enforcement of licensing portfolio.
  • Adjunct professor (Patent Law): Howard University School of Law, 2005-present.
  • Adjunct professor (Trial Advocacy): George Washington University Law School, 2001-2005.
  • Instructor, University of Virginia Trial Advocacy Institute, 2000-2003.

Professional Activities

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association, Co-chair, Litigation subcommittee
  • IIPSJ, Speaker 2008; Co-chair of conference, 2007
  • ABA DirectWomen Initiative
  • Women’s Bar Association

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