Laura Lydigsen, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Laura A Lydigsen is a co-chair of Crowell & Moring's Patent and ITC Litigation Group.  Her practice includes intellectual property litigation at both the district court and appellate level, with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices.

Laura has extensive experience in representing generic pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical litigation. She has appeared in litigations and/or Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings involving over two dozen different drug products and assisted clients with regulatory and pre-litigation strategy for many other drug products. She recognizes that a winning strategy in pharmaceutical litigation must be paired with good regulatory and business strategies and assists her clients in achieving all three.

Laura has a deep knowledge of appellate practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  Before joining private practice, Laura clerked for the Honorable Alvin A. Schall at the Federal Circuit, and she has updated the Federal Circuit treatise Patents and the Federal Circuit for over a decade.  She has been involved in all stages of appeals before the Federal Circuit across a wide range of technologies, including appeals involving pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, automotive technology, and insurance. She has successfully argued before the court, and written briefs in dozens of appeals, including complex multi-patent appeals stemming from decisions of the PTAB in post-grant proceedings established under the America Invents Act. Laura also has experience representing pro bono a U.S. Veteran and a widow of a U.S. Veteran in appeals from adverse benefits decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

In addition to serving as a clerk to the Honorable Alvin A. Schall at the Federal Circuit, Laura also clerked for the Honorable Ruben Castillo at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Laura was a shareholder at Brinks Gilson & Lione, where she served as the chair of the firm’s appellate practice.

Laura's practice areas include Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation; Health Care; Life Sciences.