John R. Labbé is a trial lawyer with a practice focused on patent litigation. His trial experience includes jury and bench trials in state and federal courts. His patent cases encompass a broad range of technologies, and he has a particular expertise in patent ownership disputes. Mr. Labbé works with his clients to develop efficient solutions to the challenges of litigation. He devises creative strategies to achieve his clients' objectives.
Recent Client Work:
Won a jury trial in a patent ownership dispute proving that his client did not breach an employee invention agreement.
Represented a client in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a biotechnology case.
Defended a client accused of infringing a patent on arc-fault circuit interrupter circuit breakers.
Defends a client in a lawsuit asserting infringement of a patent on a method of manufacturing turbine blades.
Represents a life sciences company in patent litigation regarding DNA sequencing machines.
Representative Experience:
Mr. Labbé handles patent litigation in a variety of industries and technologies, recently including:
DNA sequencing machines;
Turbine blades;
Circuit breakers;
Cable television services.
Mr. Labbé has also represented clients in patent ownership disputes and trade secret, copyright, trademark, media, defamation, antitrust, and securities litigation.
Background and Credentials:
Mr. Labbé has represented clients in state and federal courts across the country. He is also a patent attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Super Lawyers magazine named Mr. Labbé a 2010 Illinois Rising Star in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation.
Before entering private practice, Mr. Labbé served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Algenon L. Marbley of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
He received his undergraduate degree in biological sciences from Northwestern University in 1998. He graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law in 2002 where he served as the executive editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and was a quarter-finalist in the Julius H. Miner Moot Court Competition. His Law Review comment, "Louisiana's Blanket Primary After California Democratic Party v. Jones," is published at 96 Nw. U. L. Rev. 721 (2002).