Juan C. Yaquian
Associate
Through his work as an electrical engineer within a prominent wireless telecommunications company, and research at UC Berkeley and MIT, Juan has a deep technical understanding in electrical engineering-based technical areas, as well as knowledge and experience with standards-based technologies, including Bluetooth, 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G NR. His technical background enables him to break down complex technology issues into simpler terms for his clients and to identify creative solutions to those complex technology issues.
Juan focuses his practice on intellectual property (IP) law, with an emphasis on patent litigation, PTAB proceedings, IP risk management, licensing, and counseling in electrical engineering (EE) industries. He represents clients in the telecommunications, computer, electronics, semiconductor, energy, automotive, display, and medical devices industries. Through his work as an electrical engineer and research background, Juan’s technical understanding includes integrated circuits, wireless/wired communication devices and networking, embedded systems, semiconductor devices and fabrication, signal processing, computer architecture, operating systems, data storage devices, power systems, electro-mechanical systems, and standards-based technologies.
Juan has experience handling many aspects of patent litigation, including development of strategic positions, infringement contentions, invalidity contentions, claim construction, and expert reports. He also has more than 10 years of experience preparing petitions for inter partes review (IPR) before the PTAB, as well as defending patents in IPR proceedings.
In addition to litigation, Juan also counsels clients to help guide business decisions based on IP. In particular, he has experience evaluating IP portfolios of clients and third parties, including studying potential issues raised by new product launches. He has also assisted in providing formal opinions concerning potential infringement, validity, and enforceability of client and third-party IP.
Prior to law school, Juan’s work and research spanned all of wireless technology, both hardware and software, from the front-end RF/analog antennas to the digital baseband, as well as the underlying software and firmware.
Juan was recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in the area of Litigation - Intellectual Property.
Juan is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA).
Credentials
Education
Juan received his B.S., magna cum laude, in electrical and computer engineering from Baylor University in 2009, where he received multiple scholarships and received “The Outstanding Engineer” award, given to the highest achieving graduating student in the engineering department. He received his M.S. in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 2012, where he was awarded the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship, UC Berkeley’s premier fellowship awarded to “outstanding applicants” to doctoral programs as well as the UC Berkeley EECS Chair’s Excellence Award for Academic Achievement. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center in 2018, where he received the 2017 UHLC AIPLA Jan Jancin Award for the top UHLC IP law student.
Admissions
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Texas
Related Insights & News
- Co-author, “Analysis and Design of a High Speed Delta-Sigma Modulator for mm-Wave Imaging Applications,” EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/EECS-2012-76, May 2012.
- Co-author, “Investigation and Optimization of a Time-Based Ranging Protocol within Ultra-Wideband Radios,” MSRP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, August 2008.
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