Blaine Larson

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About Blaine Larson

Blaine Larson is a courtroom-tested attorney with over a decade of experience representing clients at every stage in significant patent and intellectual property lawsuits, from pre-suit investigations through trials and appeals.

Blaine focuses on technology disputes heard in federal cases in Texas and nationwide. In addition to his work in patent infringement trials, he has successfully represented parties before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board and argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

In 2023, Blaine helped a Texas-based technology company secure a $37.5 million verdict against one of the world’s top providers of Wi-Fi equipment and networking devices. The jury awarded the full amount requested based on the defendant’s infringement of key patents covering wireless technologies.

Blaine is one of the rare attorneys to have served federal clerkships at the district and appellate levels. He joined Heim, Payne & Chorush shortly after serving under Chief Judge Leonard Davis at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He followed that up with an 18-month clerkship for Federal Circuit Judge Kimberly Moore before she was appointed to her current role as Chief Judge.

Blaine has served as an adjunct professor for the Patent Remedies and Defenses curriculum at the University of Houston Law Center, where he graduated summa cum laude and was a member of the Executive Board for the Houston Law Review. Blaine earned his undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University, and he was elected to the Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu engineering honor societies. He remains a proud Eagle Scout.

Representative Cases
  • Telecom Network Solutions v. T-Mobile (EDTX) – Blaine and a team of attorneys from HPC and Alavi Anaipakos represented Telecom Network Solutions regarding a patent relating to the dynamic allocation of resources in a cellular network. Blaine was primarily responsible for infringement issues, and the case settled favorably before trial.
  • Barkan v. Samsung, Verizon; Barkan v. Sprint; Barkan v. T-Mobile (EDTX) – Blaine and a team of attorneys from HPC and Susman Godfrey represented Barkan in patent litigations involving femtocells. Blaine was primarily responsible for infringement and validity issues. Each case settled favorably before trial.
  • Fractus, S.A. v. ZTE (NDTX) – Blaine and a team of attorneys from HPC and Susman Godfrey represented Fractus in patent litigation regarding antenna technology. Blaine was primarily responsible for infringement and validity issues. The case settled favorably before trial.
  • Lipitor Antitrust Litigation (DNJ) – Blaine and other attorneys from HPC and co-counsel successfully represented a group of plaintiffs over the sale of the prescription pharmaceutical Lipitor, which has included a $93 million settlement with one defendant thus far.
  • ZiiLabs Inc. v. Apple Inc. & Samsung Electronics, et al. (EDTX) – Blaine worked with a team of lawyers from HPC and Susman Godfrey on behalf of ZiiLabs in a patent infringement lawsuit involving graphics processors. Blaine was primarily responsible for infringement issues. The parties reached a confidential settlement the week before trial.
  • DataQuill Limited v. ZTE USA, Inc. (EDTX) – Blaine and attorneys from HPC worked with lawyers from Susman Godfrey to win one of the Top 100 Verdicts in the U.S. and the 12 th largest in Texas during 2015 for DataQuill in the company’s patent infringement claims against ZTE over smartphone technology and the Android operating system. Blaine was responsible for infringement and validity issues. The jury found that all asserted claims were valid and infringed before awarding $31.5 million in favor of DataQuill.
  • Rembrandt v Samsung (EDTX) – Blain and attorneys from HPC and Alavi Anaipakos successfully represented Rembrandt in the company’s patent infringement lawsuit involving Bluetooth technology that was used by Samsung without permission. Blaine was primarily responsible for validity issues. The jury determined that Samsung had infringed the technology before awarding a significant verdict.
  • Snap Inc. v. Vaporstream, Inc. (PTAB) – Patent owner Vaporstream retained Blaine and a team of lawyers from HPC after preliminary responses had been filed in a series of IPRs. The IPRs resulted in multiple final written decisions affirming the patentability of several challenged patents.
Honors & Awards
  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2021-2025)
  • Named Top 1000 Leading IP Professional in Intellectual Asset Management’s (IAM) Patent 1000, 2024-present
  • Named to Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, 2021-2024, 2026
Blaine Larson | Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2025

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