Ryan C. Deck

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Ryan C. Deck — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus areas. Deck is a partner in the Intellectual Property group of Troutman Pepper Locke, based in the Princeton, N.J. office (formerly Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders). His practice centers on patent and complex litigation, and his firm bio describes technology experience spanning semiconductor manufacturing and design, graphics and audio processing, and medical and physical devices. The tracked matters fit a consumer-electronics/digital-media profile: the VideoLabs cases assert video coding ('059 patent) and conditional-access/HDCP ('236 patent) patents against desktop and laptop computer makers. He also has significant Section 337 experience before the U.S. International Trade Commission and litigates trademark, trade secret, and contract matters in state and federal court.

Side preference. The tracked data shows a one-sided practice: 2 plaintiff-side appearances and 0 defendant-side. Both are VideoLabs, Inc. matters, and VideoLabs is publicly described as a video-technology licensing entity — i.e., he is on the patent-owner/enforcement side rather than defending operating companies in these tracked matters. Note that the tracked set is small (two cases); public docket aggregators list a somewhat longer appearance history for him, including a Massachusetts patent case captioned SiOnyx, LLC v. Apple, Inc. (2024), which is not reflected in the authoritative tracked list above. That broader history should be verified before characterizing his overall side mix.

Notable matters. VideoLabs, Inc. v. HP Inc., No. 6:23-cv-00641 (W.D. Tex., Waco Div.) — Deck appeared as merits counsel for VideoLabs on the Troutman Pepper team alongside lead counsel William D. Belanger; the case went through claim construction briefing and an August 2024 Markman hearing before Judge Derek Gilliland, and the parties filed a joint notice of settlement and motion to stay on March 27, 2025. VideoLabs, Inc. v. ASUSTeK Computer Inc., No. 6:22-cv-00720 (W.D. Tex.) — co-counsel for VideoLabs; this case is the subject of ASUSTeK's PTAB petitions (IPR2025-00304/305/306) against the '236 patent.

PTAB / IPR. No evidence found that Deck is counsel of record in the VideoLabs IPRs; PTAB filings in those proceedings list William D. Belanger as lead and Bryan C. Smith as backup counsel for VideoLabs, with ASUSTeK represented by Erise IP. He has published repeatedly on IPR-adjacent issues (Arthrex, Director Review, and post-Arthrex IPR practice), so his PTAB exposure appears more analytical/practice-commentary than as a named PTAB advocate in the tracked record; treat any IPR trial experience as unverified.

Bar / education. Admitted in Massachusetts and New Jersey; admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. J.D., Northeastern University School of Law (2014); B.A. cum laude, Union College (2009). Clerkships with Hon. David H. Hennessy (D. Mass., 2014–2015) and Hon. Jennifer C. Boal (D. Mass., 2012). Elected partner at Troutman Pepper in 2024.

Disambiguation note: this profile concerns the Troutman Pepper Locke IP partner Ryan C. Deck; a similarly named attorney, Ryan H. Deck, is a criminal-defense lawyer in Texas and is unrelated.