Professional Biography
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Ramsey M. Al-Salam Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.6385

    F +1.206.359.9000

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.6385

    RAlSalam@perkinscoie.com

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Experience

Representative Patent Litigation

NXP USA, Inc. et al v. Impinj, Inc.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Lead and trial counsel representing Impinj in patent litigation relating to radio-frequency identification (RFID) integrated circuits. Obtained summary judgment of noninfringement on five patents, and a jury verdict of noninfringement on a sixth patent.

Impinj, Inc. v. NXP USA, Inc.

U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Lead and trial counsel for Impinj in patent litigation relating to RFID integrated circuits. Obtained jury verdict of $18,500,000 for defendant’s infringement of two patents, including a finding of willful infringement on one.

Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration v. Pinterest, Inc.

U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Lead counsel for Pinterest in patent litigation relating to providing personalized content in response to a user query. Obtained summary judgment of noninfringement.

Corus Realty Holdings Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc., Zillow, Inc. and Trulia, LLC

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Lead counsel for Zillow in patent litigation relating to real estate applications. Obtained summary judgment of noninfringement which was affirmed on appeal.

Glasswall Solutions Ltd. et. al. v. Clearswift, Ltd.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Lead counsel for Clearswift Limited in patent litigation relating to malware filtering. Obtained dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12, which was affirmed on appeal.

Costco Wholesale Corporation v. Acushnet Company

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Lead counsel representing Costco in a multiple-patent case relating to golf balls. Case settled.

Radware v. F5 Networks

U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Lead and trial counsel for F5 Networks in patent litigation relating to network packet routing. Obtained summary judgment of noninfringement on one of three patents, and favorable judgment on damages on other patents, all affirmed on appeal.

DNT, LLC v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, et al.

U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Lead counsel representing T-Mobile USA, Inc. in a multidefendant patent litigation relating to wireless data cards. Successfully obtained jury verdict of invalidity and noninfringement.

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  • 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

Education

  • UC Berkeley School of Law, (formerly Boalt Hall), J.D., 1983
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Mathematics/Economics, with highest honors, 1980