Ashok Ramani

Ashok Ramani is a high-stakes intellectual property trial lawyer who heads the IP Litigation practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell. His practice focuses on patent and trade secret litigation for major companies in the technology and healthcare sectors, including clients such as Comcast, Pfizer, Netflix, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Public records and his firm biography indicate he was a partner at Keker, Van Nest & Peters for over a decade before joining Davis Polk in 2018; no public information verifies an association with Paul Hastings.

Reflecting a balanced practice, Ramani represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex disputes. He has secured over $800 million in judgments and settlements for his plaintiff clients and has also won multiple complete defense verdicts in cases where plaintiffs sought nine or ten-figure damages. While the provided case data lists him on the defendant side in Datacloud Technologies LLC v. Adobe Inc., his broader practice involves significant work for both patent holders and accused infringers. His work frequently involves matters before the International Trade Commission (ITC) in addition to federal district courts.

Ramani is recognized for his extensive trial experience and his work often involves cutting-edge technologies like streaming media, software, and semiconductors. He also has significant experience with post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, having presented on strategies involving inter partes reviews (IPRs) and other Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. His notable public results include securing a jury verdict of infringement and a permanent injunction for Magnolia Medical Technologies against a competitor and successfully defending Netflix and Roku against Rovi at the ITC.

He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.A. with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley.