Samiyah Diaz

Senior Associate, Attorney-at-law
Düsseldorf, EIP Europe LLP

Samiyah is a US attorney-at-law with a master’s degree in Computer Science from Tufts University School of Engineering and is a member of the EIP Legal team in the Düsseldorf office. She has extensive experience in patents and other IP matters, having worked in private practice and as in-house IP counsel for Airbus.

Samiyah has served as litigation counsel in matters involving various technologies including semiconductor devices, wireless communication and devices, and software in US federal and state courts and before the International Trade Commission. Additionally, she has significant experience representing clients related to nanotechnology, software, medical devices, telecommunications, and business methods before the USPTO, EPO, and various Asian patent offices.

Samiyah has written and lectured on matters relating to standard setting, patent litigation, and software engineering for the Practising Law Institute, New England Law, and Tufts University.

Experience

  • Numerous Plaintiff actions against leading handset manufacturers involving 4G LTE technologies in handsets
  • Numerous Plaintiff actions against leading telecommunication providers involving 4G LTE technologies in base stations
  • Represented Complainant in ITC matter involving wireless (4G LTE) communication in base stations
  • Counter-claim Plaintiff action against large internet companies related to geo-specific ad targeting
  • Represented Complainant in ITC matter involving probe cards and semiconductor devices
  • Plaintiff action involving anti-piracy software
  • Plaintiff action involving automated call processing technologies

Education and qualifications

 

  • Juris Doctor, New England School of Law
  • Master of Science, Computer Science, Tufts University School of Engineering
  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Tufts University

Career history

  • 2015 — present
    Senior Associate, EIP
  • 2014 — 2015
    Principal, Innovations Law Group
  • 2012 — 2014
    Senior Associate, HMGH
  • 2011 — 2012
    Patent Department, Airbus
  • 2010 — 2011
    Attorney-at-law, Viering Jentschura & Partner
  • 2007 — 2010
    Associate, Mintz Levin

Languages spoken

  • Spanish
  • French
  • German