Karjala (December 19, 1939 – April 26, 2017) was an intellectual property law professor at Arizona State University.
His major interests in teaching and research were primarily in the area of intellectual property, specifically in copyright and its applications in digital technologies.
His work in the field of intellectual property was internationally recognized and complemented by his ease in speaking and writing in Japanese.Karjala, who began working at Arizona State University in 1978, taught international copyright and intellectual property in cyberspace.
However, for a long time he worked and wrote articles in the areas of security, corporate rights, federal (personal and corporate) taxation and business planning.He was a visiting professor at numerous universities including the University of Minnesota and UCLA leading classes in the areas of security and copyright.
He also worked as a lawyer early in his career at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in California.