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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
500 EIGHTH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Ryan Compton
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology; Trademark and Copyright; Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate; Media, Sport and Entertainment
Position
Of Counsel
Career
Ryan Compton is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice group at DLA Piper LLP (US) in Washington, D.C., where he is also a member of the Technology and Sports, Media, and Entertainment Sectors.
Ryan’s trademark experience encompasses trademark counseling, with an emphasis on complex intellectual property licensing, including the design and implementation of intercompany license structures, and multi-jurisdictional trademark portfolio management. He frequently advises clients on brand development and the intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions including due diligence and agreement drafting.
Ryan has experience in copyright counseling and develops enforcement and registration strategies for creative properties, software, and online databases, performs copyright compliance audits, and consults clients on Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) issues. He has participated in the Copyright Office’s multi-stakeholder DMCA notice and takedown working group and other rule-making activities.
Ryan counsels clients on online intellectual property protection, including online trademark and copyright enforcement, domain name portfolio management (including generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) rollout issues), fraud investigations, defamation claims, and domain name disputes. He has investigated and executed enforcement programs against content scraping, software piracy, beta-tester non-disclosure agreement violations, infringement in mobile application software, “gold-farming” and other online fraud.
Ryan manages trademark and copyright portfolios which range from small startups to large-scale mature entities, including some of the world’s most well-known brands, in over 100 countries. He assists in litigation matters before the federal courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and manages a large number of multi-jurisdictional IP enforcement matters around the world. In addition, he is experienced in trademark selection, adoption and use of trademarks, domestic and global trademark prosecution and enforcement.
Ryan is a strong advocate of pro bono work and serves on the boards of the Community Economic Development Project of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center and Critical Exposure (http://www.criticalexposure.org).
Ryan earned a B.S. in Political Science, with minor concentrations in Computer Science and Business Administration, from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. from Emory University School of Law. He frequently presents CLE programs and primers on intellectual property basics and substantive issues to help businesses maximize the value of their brands, such as the gTLD rollout and the intellectual property aspects of M&A deals. Ryan is a frequent contributor to DLA Piper’s intellectual property blog, found at http://www.remarksblog.com. Ryan is an avid follower of online, hardware, and software technology developments, and social media trends. He has lifelong devotion to music as a listener, musician, recording artist, disc jockey, executive staff at a radio station, concert promoter, and legal consultant to independent record labels. He also enjoys instructing high-performance driving techniques, playing tennis, and working in his garage.
Memberships
International Trademark Association
Education
J.D., Emory University School of Law; B.S., Vanderbilt University
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense