May 16-18, 2024 | Partner Ryan Phelan Attending AIPLA Spring Meeting

Partner Ryan Phelan is attending the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Spring Meeting in Austin, TX from May 16-18, 2024.  Ryan is the Secretary of the Emerging Technologies Committee, which focuses on new technologies including artificial intelligence (AI).

Ryan is a registered U.S. patent attorney who counsels and works with clients in all areas of intellectual property with a focus on patents. He represents numerous startup and Fortune 500 clients with patent matters in technical areas and industries including artificial intelligence and machine learning, medical devices, biometrics data and services, virtual reality, imaging, internet and e-commerce, computer networking, data storage and management, encryption and security, mobile telecommunications, consumer electronics, insurance and finance applications, mechanical devices, among others.

Ryan is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law teaching course work on patenting software inventions. He is a frequent author and contributor to AIPLA and IPO white papers and articles, and writes on the subject of AI at his blog PatentNext at patentnext.com. Ryan currently serves as co-chair of the Augmented and Virtual Reality subcommittee of the Emerging Technologies Committee of AIPLA.