- Overview
- Experience
Introduction
For more than 35 years, Ramsey has represented clients in IP and technology-related disputes, with a particular emphasis on patent litigation and trials.
Ramsey Al-Salam’s objective is to understand his clients’ businesses and goals and to resolve disputes in the most efficient way possible. If he can achieve his clients’ goals without the time and expense of a trial, he will do so. If trial is necessary, however, he is adept at sharing his clients’ stories and conveying technical issues in understandable terms.
Ramsey has successfully led litigation and trial teams in cases involving a variety of technologies. He has particularly strong experience with matters involving computer, networking, radio frequency identification, and medical device technology.
Clients praise Ramsey as a "top-notch litigator" and an "excellent lawyer" in Chambers USA, which consistently lists him in Band 1 of IP litigators. Ramsey has also been teaching patent law as an adjunct professor for more than 20 years.
Areas of focus
Education & credentials
- UC Berkeley School of Law, (formerly Boalt Hall), J.D.
- University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Mathematics/Economics
- Washington
- California
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- Seattle University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Patent and Trade Secret Law, 1999-present
- University of Washington School of Law, WA, Adjunct Professor, Patent Law, Fall 2001
- Seed & Berry, Seattle, WA, Partner, 1995-1999; Of Counsel, 1993-1995
- Bogle & Gates, Seattle, WA, Associate, 1989-1993
- Lyon & Lyon, Los Angeles, CA, Associate, 1983-1989
Professional recognition
Named IAM Global Leader, 2020-2024
Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
Recognized by Managing IP as an IP Star, 2016-2024
Named Best Lawyers’ Seattle "Litigation - Patent Lawyer of the Year," 2014, 2019, 2024; "Litigation - Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year," 2011, 2012, 2024
Listed in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000, 2012-2026; "Litigation Gold Band," 2012-2022
Repeatedly listed in Chambers USA for IP litigation ("Band One"), 2014-2026
Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent, 1995-2027
Washington Law & Politics, "Washington's Top 40 Intellectual Property Lawyers", "Washington's Top 100 Lawyers" and "Washington's Super Lawyers," 2003-2026
Impact
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Seattle IP Inn of the Court
- Washington Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
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Served as lead counsel for Impinj in three multipatent trials in three different courts against NXP, a large semiconductor company, involving radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. Ramsey and his team defeated NXP’s patent infringement claims in the first trial. In the second trial, they secured a jury verdict of $18.5 million for NXP’s infringement of two patents, including a finding of willful infringement on one patent. In the third trial, which involved both companies’ patents, they obtained a verdict of non-infringement on both asserted NXP patents and findings of infringement and damages on all three asserted Impinj patents.
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Served as lead counsel for Group14, defeating competitor Nexeon’s $800 million damages claim for tortious interference by securing exclusion of Nexeon’s damages expert before trial.
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Served as lead counsel for L’Oreal and won a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s patent claim based on the patent being invalid under 35 U.S.C. §101, affirmed by the Federal Circuit on appeal.
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Served as lead counsel for Zillow in a patent case relating to real estate applications, securing summary judgment of non-infringement, affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
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Served as lead trial counsel for F5 Networks in a multipatent case relating to network packet routing, securing summary judgment of non-infringement on one of three patents and a favorable judgment on damages for the others, all affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
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Served as lead counsel for T-Mobile USA in a multidefendant patent case relating to wireless data cards, securing a jury verdict of invalidity and non-infringement.
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