Andrea B. Reed

Overview

Andrea is a seasoned practitioner, with more than 18 years of experience representing clients in a variety of industries in patent infringement, trademark infringement, and other complex intellectual property litigation. She counsels technology companies through all stages of litigation, including preliminary injunctions, electronic discovery, claim construction, dispositive motions, settlement, trial, and appeal. She also advises on IP agreement enforceability, breach, termination, risk analysis, and related business considerations.

Andrea has represented clients in federal district courts throughout the country and on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also has experience working with mediators and negotiating technology license and settlement agreements.

Andrea has deep technical experience in materials science and manufacturing. She has worked with companies in a wide range of technologies, including petrochemical (polymer manufacturing), biotechnology (microbial inoculants), food technology (modified wheat protein isolates), and medical devices (radiopaque skin markers and blood gas analyzers), as well as consumer products.

Prior to joining L&A, Andrea worked in the Boston office of an international law firm and as in-house counsel for a publicly traded software company. She also served as Judicial Intern to the Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Before starting her legal career, Andrea worked in the medical device manufacturing industry, where she formulated polymer blends for injection molded bioabsorbable orthopedic screws and soft tissue fixation pins. She has on-the-ground experience working in Class 10,000 (ISO 7) clean room manufacturing facilities.

Outside the firm Andrea is active in the legal community, regularly speaking on panels and presenting CLE programs with organizations including MCLE New England and Suffolk University. She also serves as a moderator and panelist for discussions on a variety of IP issues, including for the Licensing Executives Society Boston Chapter; New England Corporate Counsel Association; The Association of Corporate Counsel; and Startup Boston.

Representative Experience

FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT

Nested Bean, Inc. v. Big Beings USA Pty Ltd., 23-1838 (Fed. Cir.)
Represented appellant Nested Bean in appeal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in a matter concerning consumer products. Successfully resolved pursuant to an agreement between the parties.
WBIP, LLC v. Kohler Co., 15-1038 (D. Mass and Fed. Cir.)
Served as trial and appellate counsel for plaintiff Westerbeke in a patent infringement case concerning low carbon monoxide marine generators. Result was a successful jury verdict of patent infringement with $8.3M award of enhanced damages and attorneys’ fees. Affirmed on appeal.
Loken-Flack, LLC v. Novozymes Bioag, Inc., 15-1026 (D. Colo. and Fed. Cir.)
Represented defendant Novozymes in an inventorship dispute concerning agricultural crop treatments. Obtained summary judgment of correct inventorship. Affirmed on appeal.
Source Search Technologies, LLC v. KAYAK Software Corp., 16-1928 (D.N.J. and Fed. Cir.)
Represented defendant KAYAK in a patent infringement case concerning travel services software systems. Obtained partial summary judgment of invalidity and non-infringement, final summary judgment of patent ineligibility and attorneys’ fees. Affirmed on appeal.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT

Automated Layout Technology, LLC v. Redd Iron, Inc., 1-25-cv-04035 (DCO) (Judge Varholak)
Verna IP Holdings, LLC v. Onpage Corporation, 1-25-cv-12917 (DMA) (Judge Young)
Woodstream Corporation et al v. Bird Buddy, Inc., 1-24-cv-01236 (DDE) (Judge Barker)
Baby Jogger, LLC v. Monahan Products LLC d/b/a UPPAbaby, 1-24-cv-11582 (DMA) (Judge Burroughs)
Dynocom Industries, Inc. v. Magicmotorsport SRL, 1-23-cv-12648 (DMA) (Judge Saris)
Automated Layout Technologies, LLC v. Precision Steel Systems, LLC et. al., 4-20-cv-03127 (DNE) (Judge Gerrard)
MagicFire, Inc. v. Fireworks by Grucci, Inc., 1-16-cv-10129 (DMA) (Judge Gorton)
Quirky Incorporated v. OXO International, Inc., 1-14-cv-01603 (SDNY) (Judge Castel)
Gammino v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company et. al., 1-12-cv-00666 (DDE) (Judge Stark)
EON Corp IP Holdings LLC v. Sensus USA Inc., et. al., 3-12-cv-01011 (NDCA) (Judge Tigar)
Frey v. Accessory Brands, Inc., et. al., 0-11-cv-60486 (SDFL) (Judge Dimitrouleas)
WBIP, LLC v. Kohler Co., 1-11-cv-10374 (DMA) (Judge Gorton)
Shurtape Technologies, LLC, et. al. v. 3M Company, 5-11-cv-00017 (WDNC) (Judge Voorhees)
Penn Emblem Company v. World Emblem International, Inc., 1-10-cv-24473 (SDFL) (Judge Williams)
EON Corp IP Holdings LLC v. Sensus USA Inc et. al., 2-10-cv-00448 (EDTX) (Judge Folsom)
Halloran v. Bohannon et. al., 1-10-cv-10317 (DMA) (Judge Zobel)
Refined Recommendation LLC v. Choicestream, Inc., 1-09-cv-11596 (DMA) (Judge Gertner)
Desena, DPM et al. v. Beekley Corporation, 2-09-cv-00352 (DME) (Judge Hornby)