Ravi R. Ranganath

Summary of Patent Litigation Practice: Ravi R. Ranganath

Ravi R. Ranganath is a Partner in the patent litigation group at Fenwick & West. His practice focuses exclusively on defending high-technology companies in high-stakes patent and licensing disputes. Based on his case history and firm profile, he represents major technology corporations, with clients including Amazon, Meta, and Zillow. The provided data shows Mr. Ranganath has only appeared on the defendant side in tracked cases, a specialization supported by industry recognition from publications like Patexia, which has ranked him among the most active and best-performing patent litigators for defendants.

Mr. Ranganath has significant experience in technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and video decoding. His representative matters often involve complex software and hardware disputes in various venues, including U.S. district courts across the country (notably the Western and Eastern Districts of Texas and the Northern District of California), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has been part of trial teams securing favorable outcomes for defendants, including a complete defense verdict for Amazon against Freshub and the invalidation of five patents asserted by Broadband iTV against Amazon.

The tracked cases in which Mr. Ranganath appeared as counsel for Amazon involved significant damage awards at the trial level. In AlmondNet, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., a jury in the Western District of Texas returned a verdict of approximately $122 million against Amazon for infringement of ad-targeting patents; the case was later dismissed by mutual agreement during appeal. In VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Services LLC, a Delaware jury found Amazon willfully infringed voice technology patents, resulting in a verdict of over $45 million. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ranganath was Of Counsel at Perkins Coie.

Mr. Ranganath earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, and holds B.A. and B.S. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He is admitted to practice in California and before several federal district courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.