W. Ryan Snow

W. Ryan Snow is a seasoned litigator at Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C., where he also previously served as Managing Partner from 2012 to 2020. His practice encompasses high-stakes litigation, with a focus on complex business disputes, construction law, and maritime law. Within his broader litigation practice, he handles intellectual property and technology disputes, including patent infringement litigation. He is also a member of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Virginia State Bar.

In patent litigation, Mr. Snow primarily serves as local counsel in the Eastern District of Virginia. His sole tracked appearance, I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al., saw him representing the plaintiff as local counsel in a case involving computer architecture and software. In this matter, judgments related to supplemental damages, ongoing royalties, and colorable differences were vacated after the underlying patent infringement judgment was overturned on appeal. He has also been noted as co-counsel in one of the largest patent cases tried to a jury verdict in Norfolk federal court, though specific details of that case or its outcome are not publicly specified.

While his professional profiles highlight his involvement in intellectual property cases and patent litigation, there is no reliably sourced information indicating his regular appearance in PTAB or IPR proceedings.

Mr. Snow earned his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2001 and his B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College in 1998. He is admitted to practice before the Virginia State Bar, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Fourth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.