Ali Mojibi

Ali Mojibi is a trial lawyer and Partner at Covington & Burling LLP, based in the firm's Los Angeles office. His practice is primarily focused on patent and trade secret litigation, leveraging his technical background in electrical engineering and computer science, as well as medical sciences. He frequently handles complex disputes for leading global businesses across industries such as telecommunications, software, medical devices, and biotech.

Mojibi consistently represents defendants, with all three of his tracked appearances being on the defense side. His experience includes securing favorable outcomes for operating companies in patent infringement actions. Notably, he represented AstraZeneca in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which resulted in the vacating of an adverse judgment. He also secured a complete defensive win for Samsung in patent litigation concerning content and media sharing technologies and represented a MEMS manufacturer in a District of Delaware patent infringement action, achieving a favorable confidential outcome. His work also includes representing Warby Parker in a dispute over inventorship and patent ownership relating to remote eye-exam technology, and GE/Alstom Grid in litigation involving a smart, self-regulating power grid.

While his practice areas extend to include ITC Section 337 investigations, public records do not indicate regular appearances in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Mojibi earned his J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2009, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering – Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006. He is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia, and notably served a judicial clerkship with the Hon. Sharon Prost at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 2011 to 2012.