Aliza George Carrano
Partner, Litigation
Aliza George Carrano is a partner in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments, and Technology Patent Litigation Practice. She is based in Willkie’s Washington, DC office.
Aliza is a trial attorney handling complex, technical litigation. She has led teams in courts nationwide and Section 337 proceedings at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Her experience covers both jury and bench trials. She has had key leadership roles in numerous high-stakes patent disputes, successfully defending clients against liability claims valued in the hundreds of millions. Aliza has also argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Her technical expertise encompasses various aspects of computer and electrical hardware and software including semiconductors, wireless communications, software, data storage, memory/dynamic random access memory (DRAM), content delivery, image processing, and consumer electronics, as well as medical devices, optics, financial technology, mechanical systems, coatings, and agrochemicals.
Aliza simplifies complex technical disputes, prioritizing key issues and delivering practical, client-focused strategies for high stakes litigation. Legal500 client feedback has noted she “is an excellent source of knowledge and advocate for both PTO proceedings and in litigation,” and she “is proactive and extremely collaborative.” Clients “trust her with very high exposure matters.”
With a background in computer science, Aliza is a registered patent attorney. She also advises clients in non-contentious patent matters, patent preparation and prosecution, intellectual property licensing and contract disputes, trademark and brand protection, and false advertising and claim substantiation matters.
Aliza is a trial attorney handling complex, technical litigation. She has led teams in courts nationwide and Section 337 proceedings at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Her experience covers both jury and bench trials. She has had key leadership roles in numerous high-stakes patent disputes, successfully defending clients against liability claims valued in the hundreds of millions. Aliza has also argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Her technical expertise encompasses various aspects of computer and electrical hardware and software including semiconductors, wireless communications, software, data storage, memory/dynamic random access memory (DRAM), content delivery, image processing, and consumer electronics, as well as medical devices, optics, financial technology, mechanical systems, coatings, and agrochemicals.
Aliza simplifies complex technical disputes, prioritizing key issues and delivering practical, client-focused strategies for high stakes litigation. Legal500 client feedback has noted she “is an excellent source of knowledge and advocate for both PTO proceedings and in litigation,” and she “is proactive and extremely collaborative.” Clients “trust her with very high exposure matters.”
With a background in computer science, Aliza is a registered patent attorney. She also advises clients in non-contentious patent matters, patent preparation and prosecution, intellectual property licensing and contract disputes, trademark and brand protection, and false advertising and claim substantiation matters.
Experience
Prior to joining Willkie in 2022, Aliza was a partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP.
Prior to her legal career, Aliza worked as a software engineer at Raytheon, where she analyzed and enhanced the baseline source code for the Deployable Ground Intercept Facility.
Prior to her legal career, Aliza worked as a software engineer at Raytheon, where she analyzed and enhanced the baseline source code for the Deployable Ground Intercept Facility.
- AI and Emerging Technologies Partnership Inaugural Stakeholder Meeting, Virtual Webinar (June 2022)
- “Is AI Pushing the Envelope of IP Protection?” World Intellectual Property Review (November 2020)
- New EU Guidelines for Patenting AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Comparison with U.S. Approach, Virtual Webinar (February 2020)
- Patenting Machine Learning Inventions for Companies Outside the Software Industry (November 2019)
- “Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence,” Westlaw Journal Intellectual Property (August 2017)
Credentials
Education
Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 2009 George Mason University, B.S., 2004
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit United States Patent & Trademark Office