Mr. Airan is active in all aspects of intellectual property law. He has over 20 years of experience as an intellectual property trial attorney in dozens of high technology and high-stakes cases.
Mr. Airan has litigated matters in courts throughout the United States as well as in the International Trade Commission. His trial work focuses on patent and trade secret litigation and related competition disputes. He has represented clients in litigation involving a range of arts and practices, including computer software, generic drugs (Hatch Waxman Act), electrical connectors, imaging technology, mobile telephony, heavy machinery, and microprocessors.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Airan worked for General Motors as a lead manufacturing engineer and with Texas Instruments in the Defense Systems and Electronics Group. He also conducted research into digital signal processing under a National Science Foundation grant.
Mr. Airan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, from Marquette University in 1989, and a J.D. degree from Northwestern University in 1993. During law school, he was a Note and Comment Editor for the Northwestern University Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.