A partner in the Litigation Department and co-chair of the Communications and Technology Group and the Intellectual Property/Litigation Group, Carey Ramos has a broad practice that concentrates on intellectual property and technology matters including litigation, transactions and counseling.

Mr. Ramos has represented prominent clients in widely publicized patent, copyright and trademark actions involving music, motion pictures, computer technology, telecommunications and the fashion industry. He has represented songwriters and music publishers in copyright infringement actions against Internet “file sharing” services, including the original Napster, Grokster, Kazaa, Morpheus and Aimster, as well as Bertelsmann A.G. for its investment in the original Napster service. Mr. Ramos has also represented clients in major art disputes.

With extensive experience in transactions involving intellectual property rights in technology and entertainment media, Mr. Ramos (among other representations) serves as outside general counsel to the DVD Forum (the international association of companies developing standard formats for digital versatile disc equipment and media) and the DVD6C Licensing Agency which licenses DVD patents worldwide.

Mr. Ramos advises clients on antitrust and competition issues, with particular focus on technology, media and entertainment industries, and has represented clients in litigation and before regulatory and enforcement authorities in the United States and Europe concerning such matters.

Lecturing extensively in the United States, Europe and Asia on intellectual property, the Internet, computer software, technology and antitrust issues, Mr. Ramos has authored numerous articles on copyright, patent, antitrust and computer law, the Internet and the application of intellectual property law to new technologies.

Mr. Ramos has been recognized by Chambers USA (2006-2010); Legal 500 US (2009) as one of the leading media and entertainment litigators in the U.S.; New York Super Lawyers (2007-09) as one of the leading intellectual property litigators in New York; and Lawdragon (2006) as one of America’s leading lawyers.

Mr. Ramos served as a note editor of the Stanford Law Review.

He is a member of the advisory board of BNA's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal.