Miami, Dade County Intellectual Property Attorneys
Amaury Cruz has provided legal representation to individuals and businesses in the area of intellectual property since 1991. He is the founder of Cruz & Alcoba, PLLC., located in Miami Beach, Florida. The firm represents clients in intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, and Internet law. To schedule an appointment, please call 305.604.2051or contact the firm online.
Amaury Cruz
In 1991, after a successful career as a newspaper and magazine writer, editor, and translator, Mr. Cruz graduated with honors from Florida State University College of Law. He was an articles and notes editor of the Law Review. He received book awards in International Business Transactions and Comparative Law-The Civil Law Tradition. He also won second prize in the Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Writing Competition at FSU.
Since 1991, Mr. Cruz has concentrated on intellectual property and also engaged in general litigation and appeals. He is admitted to the 
Florida Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Martindale Hubbell has awarded him the highest possible rating (AV) for his ethics and professional skills.
Mr. Cruz has published several scholarly pieces, including the award-winning What's the Big Idea Behind the Idea-Expression Dichotomy?-Modern Ramifications of the Tree of Porphyry in Copyright Law, as well as numerous newspaper and magazine articles, essays, and other writings. A former partner of the law firm of de la O & Marko, he has a native command of written and spoken Spanish.
Ruben Alcoba
Ruben Alcoba, Esq., is registered before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney. A member of the Florida Bar, Mr. Alcoba is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He engages in the prosecution of patent applications, litigation in both state and federal court, and intellectual property-related business matters.
Mr. Alcoba received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Florida International University in 1995 and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1998. He served in the United States Army from 1985 to1988. Mr. Alcoba is fluent in Spanish.
Craig Kirsch
Craig Kirsch graduated summa cum laude in 2001 from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He minored in French and completed several pre-medicine courses. In 2006 he was graduated from the University of Miami School of Law.
While in law school, Mr. Kirsch was on the Dean's List, received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Intellectual Property Research and was a quarter-finalist in the 1L Moot Court Competition. Mr. Kirsch also served as a studentmentor during his second and third years of law school.
After graduating from law school, Mr. Kirsch completed additional science courses at Miami-Dade College and Florida International University to sit for the Patent Bar examination. Mr. Kirsch is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney and is also admitted to the Florida Bar and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Mr. Kirsch has lived and studied in France, speaks French fluently and is accredited as an attorney by the French Consulate of Miami. While concentrating on the prosecution of patent and trademark applications and ex-parte proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, he also participates in federal and state litigation.
Henry Rodriguez
Mr. Rodriguez is a 2004 cum laude graduate of the University of Florida's Levin College of Law, where he earned Book Awards in Contract Law and Trademark Law. Mr. Rodriguez was Professor Mark A. Thurmon's research assistant and aided in the preparation of the article The Rise and Fall of Trademark Law's Functionality Doctrine. He also earned a master of arts in Political Science from the University of Florida in 2000. Mr. Rodriguez is a member of The Florida Bar.
Mr. Rodriguez is a member of the Dade County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida (IPLAF), and American Bar Association (ABA). He concentrates his practice in ex parte and inter partes proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is fluent in Spanish.
Rick Ruz
Rick Ruz, Esq., graduated from Florida International University Law School in 2007. A member of the Moot Court Team, he was Vice President of Appellate Advocacy and made the Dean's List every semester. He also won a Best Brief Award in the Fall of 2005, as well as Book Awards in Contracts, Comparative Corporate Law and Remedies. In 2003 he also graduated magna cum laude from FIU with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
His legal background includes clerking for a sole practitioner and the City of Miami's Office of the Inspector General. He concentrates on federal litigation. Mr. Ruz is fluent in Spanish.
Attorney Profiles
Ruben Alcoba
Amaury Cruz
Craig Kirsch
Henry Rodriguez
Rick Ruz
Cruz & Alcoba, PLLC
1560 Lenox Ave., Suite 207
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.604.2051 Voice
305.604.2011 Fax
Cruz & Alcoba, PLLC
3399 NW 72 Avenue, Suite 211
Miami, Florida 33122
Representing clients throughout South Florida, including Miami, Miami-Dade County, Broward County, North Miami, South Miami, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines.
