Ali-Reza Boloori, Ph.D.

Partner Intellectual Property

Los Angeles – Century City +1 213 680 8127

Ali-Reza Boloori, Ph.D.

Overview

Ali’s practice focuses on litigation and trials involving patent infringement, trade secret and unfair competition claims in federal district courts and the International Trade Commission. He also advises clients on offensive and defensive patent strategy.

Ali has been identified in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers. He has significant experience managing and leading teams in complex, high-stakes matters, in all phases of litigation in federal court and ITC litigation and USPTO Inter Partes proceedings. Ali’s practice spans a wide range of technologies, including tele communications, signal processing, computer software, vehicle telematics, robotics, medical devices and orthopedic surgery.

Ali also maintains an active pro bono practice, including serving as Special City Prosecutor for the City of Redondo Beach, where he has successfully first chaired and won misdemeanor jury trials, won pre- and post-trial motions and has successfully argued appeals from trial court judgments.

Samsara Inc. v. Motive Technologies, Inc.

  • Representing Samsara in litigations against competitor Motive Technologies in the U.S. International Trade Commission and federal district court involving patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition claims.

Staton Techiya, LLC et al. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al.

  • Represented Samsung in a 14-patent infringement suit involving earbud technology. 

Motorola Solutions, Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd.

  • Representing Motorola in patent infringement and trade secret litigation against competitor Hytera regarding two-way radio technology. In the U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. District Court, and Patent and Trial Appeal Board. Significant experience working with foreign counsel in parallel proceedings in Germany, China, and Australia.

Medtronic Minimed, Inc. v. Animas Corp.

  • Represented plaintiff Medtronic Minimed in a multi-patent infringement litigation involving diabetes pumps in the Central District of California.

Finjan, Inc. v. McAfee, Inc.

  • Represented McAfee in patent litigation brought by Finjan against McAfee, Symantec, Sophos and Websense.

Medtronic v. NuVasive

  • Represented Medtronic in patent infringement action against competitor NuVasive, resulting in $101.2 million jury verdict in favor of for client. 

Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Bio-Engineering, Harvard University

Co-Founder, BioSensics LLC

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Legal

Boloori A, Corporate Diversity Jurisdiction Untangled: The Supreme Court's Decision In Hertz Corp. v. Friend, Business Torts & RICO News (2010), 6 (2): 13–15.

Scientific Peer-Reviewed (Representative)

Boloori A, Jenks RA, Desbordes G, and Stanley GB, Encoding and Decoding Cortical Representations of Tactile Features in the Vibrissa System, The Journal of Neuroscience (2010), 30 (30): 9990–10005.

Jenks RA, Vaziri A, Boloori A, and Stanley GB, Self-motion and the Shaping of Sensory Signals, Journal of Neurophysiology (2010), 103: 2195–2207.

Boloori A, and Stanley GB, The Dynamics of Spatiotemporal Response Integration in the Somatosensory Cortex of the Vibrissa System, The Journal of Neuroscience (2010), 26 (14): 3767–3782.

Recognition

Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers, 2025

Kirkland & Ellis Pro Bono Service Award, 2011, 2014

Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services, The State Bar of California, 2012

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2010California
  • 2013Massachusetts

Courts

  • Supreme Court of California
  • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California
  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  • United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Education

  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D.2010
  • Harvard UniversityPh.D., Engineering Sciences2007
  • Harvard UniversityS.M., Engineering Sciences2001
  • University of California, BerkeleyB.S., Mechanical & Nuclear Engineeringwith Honors2000