Ryan Letson’s practice focuses on matters involving intellectual property and technology. He handles patent and trademark prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and represents clients in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Ryan also assists clients in disputes involving patents and other intellectual property in federal and state courts. His technical experience covers a wide range of areas, and includes computer hardware and software, electronics, data communication networks, automotive technology, autonomous vehicles, electromechanical devices, composite materials, payment processing and e-commerce systems, biometric sensors, building systems, construction materials, manufacturing techniques, and structural systems.

Ryan also has experience litigating matters involving contract, business tort, government contract, and real estate issues.

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 2012

• Supreme Court of Alabama
• United States Patent & Trademark Office
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Education

• Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, J.D., 2012, American Journal of Trial Advocacy; President, Student Bar Association; Omicron Delta Kappa; Scholar of Merit; Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching Fellow; National Moot Court Team; Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board
• University of Alabama, B.S., 2008, Jasons Men’s Undergraduate Senior Honorary