Peter R. Afrasiabi

Peter R. Afrasiabi — One LLP (Newport Beach, CA)

Specialty / focus. Afrasiabi is a founding partner of One LLP and, within that IP-and-entertainment boutique, a litigator whose tracked patent work centers on software and computer-implemented security technology. All four tracked matters are the FaceTec campaign over 3D face-liveness and biometric identity-verification patents (asserting patents such as U.S. 10,776,471 and 11,157,606 against Jumio and iProov), i.e., facial-recognition software rather than Wi-Fi/standards, pharma, or mechanical art. His broader practice, per the firm and UC Irvine Law, spans copyright, trademark, entertainment, and—distinctively—appellate litigation; One LLP describes him as an appellate specialist who has argued frequently in the Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit.

Side preference. In the tracked data he is exclusively plaintiff-side (4 plaintiff, 0 defendant). The client is FaceTec, an operating company enforcing its own patent portfolio against competitors and a customer of a competitor—an operating-company plaintiff rather than a classic NPE/PAE. One LLP as a firm works both sides of the NPE line (a colleague has publicly described representing and defending against NPEs), but Afrasiabi's tracked docket shows no defense-side patent representation.

Firm context and notable matters. He began his litigation career at O'Melveny & Myers before co-founding One LLP, where he remains a partner (California bar, SBN 193336). The most prominent tracked matters are FaceTec, Inc. v. iProov Ltd. (D. Nev.) and FaceTec, Inc. v. Jumio Corp. (N.D. Cal.). Notable reported developments include FaceTec's successful motion to disqualify Jumio's trial counsel (Perkins Coie) in the California case, and the PTAB's June 2026 final written decisions upholding all challenged claims across four Jumio IPRs (see below). Firm-published news also credits him with a $5,000,000 jury verdict in a San Diego case for a UCSD physician concerning unauthorized use of his name in an FDA drug-approval process—a non-patent, right-of-publicity-type matter, reported by the firm itself. His firm bio also cites Federal Circuit wins in Network Signatures v. State Farm (inequitable conduct) and Randall May Int'l v. Dynasty Music (patent fees).

PTAB / IPR. The FaceTec patents have been the subject of four IPRs filed by Jumio (IPR2025-00106 through -00109). FaceTec's public statements credit Finnegan Henderson—not One LLP—with litigating and winning those IPRs, and the PTAB filings in the record do not show Afrasiabi as counsel of record; his tracked appearances are district court matters. His own IPR/PGR appearance record is therefore not established by the available sources, and I'd flag it as an open question rather than assert regular PTAB practice.

Bar / education. California bar (SBN 193336); J.D., USC Gould School of Law (1997, Order of the Coif, Law Review article editor); B.A. Economics, UCLA (magna cum laude); law clerk to Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez (9th Cir.) and Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler (C.D. Cal.).