Biography
Ryan is Co-Head of our Post-Grant Proceedings practice. A skilled intellectual property litigator, he is experienced with patent, trademark, copyright, false advertising and trade secret law.
He handles a wide range of intellectual property matters and has executed a variety of domestic and foreign patent applications for clients in the wireless communications and computer technology industries among others
Litigation
- Preliminary injunctions for copyright infringement, patent, trademark and trade dress cases
- Claims by non-practicing entities (“patent trolls”), including invalidating asserted patents
- Drafting and prosecuting post-grant petitions before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including inter partes review petitions and covered business method post-grant review petitions
- Defending trademark rights before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in opposition and cancellation proceedings
Patent Prosecution and IP Transactions
- Computer technology, software, solid state technologies, general electrical technologies, biomedical devices and mechanical arts patents
- Growth and protection of client brands
- Due diligence investigation and analysis
- Strategic intellectual property portfolio management
- Legal opinions on issues of infringement/noninfringement, validity/invalidity, enforceability/unenforceability and freedom to operate for patents and trademarks
Before Fox Rothschild
Ryan launched his career as a patent attorney at an intellectual property law firm in Philadelphia. He also served as a legal intern for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and for The Honorable Sue L. Robinson of U.S. District Court, District of Wilmington, Delaware.
Prior to his legal career, Ryan was a program analyst at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., where he analyzed and managed data and designed data systems for government agencies and municipalities, among other responsibilities. He also worked as an Independent Research Analyst for H. Gil Peach & Associates, LLC.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Ryan served as a volunteer for Nationalities Service Center as well as the Committee of Seventy and was a pro bono intern for Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts. He also previously volunteered as a Moot Judge for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Moot Court Competition.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Education
- Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2010)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.S., 2003)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 2000)
- Applied Physics & Nuclear Science
Memberships
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Law Section
- Vice Chair, USPTO Post-Grant Practice and Policy Committee
- Patent Litigation Committee, PTAB Subcommittee Co-Chair
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the "Ones to Watch" list for Litigation - Intellectual Property in Philadelphia, PA (2024-2025)
This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court. - Named to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Pro Bono Honor Roll (2013)
- Recipient, The Legal Aid Society of New York Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award (2009)
