Larissa Bifano

About
Bar admissionsMassachusetts

EXPERIENCE

Representative engagements include:
  • Advised numerous technology companies on patent offensive and defensive strategy
  • Counseled numerous start-up companies on patent strategy
  • Lawyer in Residence at the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School
  • Prosecuted numerous patents for many significant semiconductor and telecommunications companies
  • Prepared and prosecuted numerous inter partes review (IPR) proceedings addressing patent validity

Awards

Chambers USA

  • Band 4, Massachusetts Intellectual Property, (2023 – 2025)
The Legal 500 United States
  • Leading Partner, Patents: Licensing, (2025)
  • Leading Partner, Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings), (2025)
  • Leading Lawyer, Patents: Licensing, (2023 – 2024)
  • Leading Lawyer, Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings), (2023 – 2024)
  • Recommended, Intellectual Property Patents: Licensing, (2021)
  • Recommended, Intellectual Property Patent Litigation: Full Coverage, (2019 – 2020)
  • Recommended, Intellectual Property Patents: Licensing, (2020)
Additional Recognitions
Education

Media Mentions

  • "Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials," PTAB Bar Association, October 11, 2019 
  • Quoted, "Breaking Down The Proposal For A Patent Eligibility Revamp," Law360, May 29, 2019
  • "DLA Piper Announces New Artificial Intelligence Practice," Law360, May 15, 2019