Ronald E. Karam is a principal in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Ron concentrates his practice on computer law, including licensing and e-commerce transactional matters and litigation of patent and copyright infringement actions, and other commercial disputes related to computer software, hardware and e-commerce. He has negotiated numerous patent licenses, software license and distribution agreements and other agreements relating to e-commerce.
From 1997 through 2001, Ron served on the University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty, teaching computer law. Before entering law school, he was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories (now Lucent Technologies), where he was engaged in the research and development of microcomputer-based communications products.
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (J.D.)
- Polytechnic University of New York (M.S.)
- Polytechnic University of New York (B.S.)
- Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Named The Best Lawyers® 2025 Information Technology Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Philadelphia
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Information Technology Law, Technology Law, Copyright Law (2017-2026)
- Lawyer of the Year, Information Technology Law, 2023
