Alberto Araiza Partner

Alberto (Al) Araiza partners with clients ranging from early-stage startups to global industry leaders to craft intellectual property (IP) strategies that achieve corporate objectives. As a trusted business advisor, Al counsels founders and investors to develop patent portfolios for successful exits, including initial public offerings and acquisitions. He performs valuations for sales and acquisitions, handles patent cross-licensing, conducts IP due diligence for corporate transactions, carries out comprehensive technical investigations for patent assertions, and provides strategic litigation counseling, including developing infringement and invalidity theories.

Al is experienced in domestic and foreign patent protection involving various complex technologies. These include wireless communications, climate, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital currency, virtual and mixed reality, consumer electronic devices, space, and medical devices. Al’s clients include Atlas Reality, Alpha Grid, Doxel, Forge Global, Notion Labs, Osom Products, Sud Scrub, T-Mobile, and Weavix.

Al's scientific background provides a holistic approach to IP strategy. His engineering experience in the defense industry spans computer modeling for energy systems and circuitry design for communications systems. An accomplished biomedical researcher, his work is published in several medical journals, further informing his counsel on biotechnology and medical device patent prosecution matters.

In his active pro bono practice, Al represents children in a wide variety of immigration matters regarding asylum, special immigrant juvenile status, and cancellation of removal proceedings. He also assists clients with the naturalization process for citizenship. Outside of immigration work, he advises on housing-related issues and wills and medical directives for elderly and disabled individuals.