Alex M. Li

Technical Advisor, Washington, DC

Biography

Overview

Dr. Alex Li is a technical advisor in the Intellectual Property Practice, leveraging his deep scientific background to develop and implement offensive and defensive strategies in complex litigation.

He has more than 13 years of intellectual property litigation experience relating to artificial intelligence, wireless communications, blockchain, cloud computing, semiconductors, cybersecurity, power electronics, and microprocessor design, and system software.

Alex's involvement typically starts on Day 1 with pre-suit diligence or evaluating a filed complaint, and carries through depositions, expert reports, trial, and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings.

He previously was an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at George Washington University and conducted technical research at Intel Corporation.

Education
PhD
Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS
Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Languages
English
*Not admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction

Experience

Alex's exemplary experience includes advising on technical matters for:

A social media company in a patent case involving defense of 9 patents*

A wireless network company in two patent cases involving assertion and defense of 11 patents*

A cloud service provider company in a patent case involving defense of 6 patents relating to elder care technologies*

A cybersecurity company in a patent case involving assertion and defense of 10 patents*

A blockchain company in a patent case relating to crytowallet technologies*

A social media company in a trade secret case relating to artificial intelligence technologies*

*Matters prior to joining White & Case.

Publications

Alex has authored 15 papers published in prominent scientific journals and conferences. He has served as a program committee member and peer reviewer for numerous journals and conferences in the fields of computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science.