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John W. Ryan

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  • Thompson Hine LLP

    1919 M Street, NW

    Suite 700

    Washington, DC 20036

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Practice Areas

  • 50% Patent Infringement | 27 years
    30% Life Sciences / Biotechnology | 27 years
    10% Patent Application | 27 years
    10% Licensing | 27 years
Languages English

About Me

John W. Ryan served as a presiding officer at the 8th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, George Mason University School of Law and the University of Texas School of Law (January 24-25, 2013) at the United States Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA. John W. Ryan served as a Presiding Officer  at the 7th, 6th, and 5th  Annual...

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5 star rating

John Ryan Review

Posted by: Douglas, over 2 years ago.

I used John for patent applications, intellectual property issues, inbound and outbound licensing, and related matters over a period of five years....
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Definitely Effective

Posted by: Elizabeth, over 2 years ago.

John handled our IP for close to twenty years. He filed numerous successful patent applications for us; counseled, advised and guided us;...
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Endorsements

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Adam Seth Apatoff
Adam Apatoff
Rockville, MD 3 months ago
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

I endorse this lawyer. John is perhaps the finest patent counselor and attorney I've worked with, both as a General Counsel to a development stage...

Christopher S Casieri
Christopher Casieri
Princeton, NJ About 1 year ago
Relationship: Worked for lawyer

I endorse this lawyer.I endorse this lawyer. John provided valuable insight and training in working with clients to build an maintain a patent...

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Résumé

License

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1987 License Status: Active
for the state of Dist. of Columbia
Last updated by Avvo: 12/27/2011

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

Work Experience

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2000–2003
Wilmer Cutler Pickering

Education

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1988 LL.M - Master of Laws in Patent & Trade Regulation
George Washington University National Law Center

Awards

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2013 District of Columbia: Intellectual Property Litigation
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Associations

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1991-present Member
New York Intellectual Property Law Association

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Portfolio

Publications

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2010 "IP Subject Matter Conflicts of Interest: Who is Looking Out for You?"
Lexology - in cooperation with Association of Corporate Counsel
2007 "Throwing Out the Baby"
IP Law & Business

Speaking Engagements

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2012 "Joint Patent Infringement in View of Akamai and McKesson"
at Advanced Patent Law Institute - 7th Annual
2008 "Licensing and Declaratory Relief After MedImmune"
at 3rd Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute

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