Stephen R. Lareau

• Counsel for Honeywell in an ITC investigation against Opticon involving various barcode scanning technologies.
• Counsel for Universal Electronics in multiple ITC investigations against Roku involving audio-visual device control technologies.
• Counsel for Garmin in an ITC investigation against Philips involving wearable technologies.
• Counsel for Alcatel-Lucent in Eastern District of Texas litigation involving fiber-optic communications equipment. Obtained summary judgment against the plaintiff’s claims, a rarity in the district. Counsel at the Federal Circuit where the victory was affirmed.
• Counsel for a national drywall manufacturer in district court litigation relating to additives used in drywall manufacturing.
• Counsel for Honeywell in an ITC investigation against Code Corp. involving various barcode scanning technologies.
• Counsel for Nokia in four offensive actions against Huawei in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Represented defendants United Airlines, Verizon, Wells Fargo, American Airlines, BB&T, and another major airline in a series of cases related to database marketing in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Represented a global automotive supplier in patent litigation against a manufacturer of personal navigation devices in the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Represented a leading manufacturer of plumbing products in a series of patent litigations with a competitor.

Stephen Lareau is a partner with Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He concentrates his practice on the litigation of complex patent disputes in district courts across the country and at the International Trade Commission. He received his J.D., with honors, from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he was a member of the North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology. Stephen is admitted to practice in North Carolina and is registered to practice before the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. 

Stephen received his B.S. in mechanical engineering, summa cum laude, from Clemson University, where he was a member of the National Scholars Program. 

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• The University of North Carolina (J.D., 2011)
• Clemson University (B.S., 2008)