Di Ai is an associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins. He represents clients in complex intellectual property disputes, including patent and trade secret matters.
Di has experience handling intellectual property matters before federal district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the US Patent and Trademark Office. His experience includes handling various aspects of fact and expert discovery, drafting dispositive motions and briefs, and preparing witnesses for depositions
While in law school, Di served as a communications and speakers editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology and an executive editor on the Harvard Business Law Review. Di has previously worked at Google, Amazon, McKinsey & Company, Epic Systems, and Cornerstone Research.
Experience
Di’s experience includes:
Representing GlobalFoundries and navigating claim construction, fact discovery, and expert discovery, securing key victories along the way that led to the court ruling that the asserted claims were ineligible under Section 101 just 30 days before the case was set to go to trial (Oasis Tooling, Inc. v. GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc. (D. Del.))
Defending Uniswap Foundation in patent litigation relating to cryptocurrency transactions, securing dismissal of all claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Representing a plaintiff in a software trade secret misappropriation case, resulting in a favorable stipulated consent judgment
Representing a plaintiff in a patent case regarding networking software (Certain Wi-Fi Routers, Wi-Fi Devices, Mesh Wi-Fi Network Devices and Components Thereof (ITC))
Defending Shoei Chemical in patent litigation relating to quantum dots, resulting in a favorable settlement
Defending Kia America in a patent case relating to firmware-based error recovery for lockstep processors
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
California
Massachusetts
US Patent and Trademark Office
Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 2022
MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology, 2018
BS/BA in Mathematics, Economics & Statistics, University of Chicago, 2014
An IP team secured a defense win for the Uniswap Foundation in a closely watched DeFi patent case and a Securities and M&A Litigation team obtained a dismissal with prejudice for Pacira BioSciences Inc. in a securities fraud class action.
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