Neema Jalali

Neema Jalali is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Intellectual Property and Litigation practice groups, based in San Francisco. His practice focuses on patent and trade secret litigation, alongside general commercial litigation involving complex technology issues. Jalali's expertise spans a wide array of technical fields, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, wireless communication, mobile devices, emulation, network technology, implantable medical devices, computer graphics, semiconductors, and database storage. Prior to his legal career, he worked as a Senior Software Developer at Oracle Corporation, where he was involved in software design and development in C and Java, and is a co-inventor on multiple patents.

Jalali represents leading technology, life sciences, and venture capital companies, handling both offensive and defensive patent and trade secret cases. While the provided case list shows appearances on both the plaintiff and defendant sides in cases involving Avidbots Corporation and Brain Corporation, his firm profile indicates a balanced practice, having successfully represented clients offensively and defensively. Notable clients have included AT&T, Micro Focus, Quicken Loans, Fitbit, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Amazon, Abbott, Red Hat, and Medtronic. He has litigated high-stakes cases through trial and appeal in federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). For example, he served as counsel for Fitbit in an ITC action involving six patents and numerous trade secrets related to wearable activity tracker technology, where the ITC issued a complete ruling in Fitbit's favor after a bench trial. He also represented Red Hat and Novell in a patent infringement matter in the Eastern District of Texas, resulting in a jury verdict in their favor on all issues concerning a Linux operating system user interface.

In the tracked cases, Neema Jalali is listed as counsel and Lead Counsel for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Avidbots Corporation v. Brain Corporation. Specifically, in Brain Corporation v. Avidbots Corporation et al (1:24-cv-12569 in the Northern District of Illinois), he represents Avidbots Corporation and Avidbots USA Corporation as defendants and counterclaim-plaintiffs. This case, filed in December 2024, involves patent infringement claims related to property rights and includes ongoing discovery and scheduling discussions. Jalali also appears in a related case, Nilfisk Inc. v. Avidbots Corp. et al (1:2026cv02066), representing Avidbots Corp. and Avidbots USA Corp.. His firm profile highlights experience with IPR proceedings, though specific details about his involvement in Avidbots v. Brain Corp. IPRs (IPR2025-01602) are mentioned in case filings, indicating his engagement in PTAB-related strategy.

Neema Jalali earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his B.S. in Computer Science, with honors, from the California Institute of Technology. He is admitted to the California Bar.