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Rix A. Ryskamp

Law Clerk, Admission Pending
PHONE: 202-916-8073 FAX: 202-451-4901
Rix Ryskamp’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling.

During law school, Mr. Ryskamp served as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the George Washington Journal of Law & Technology where he led the creation of the journal, the publication of its first issue, and the organization of its inaugural symposium. He also served on The George Washington Law Review and on the board of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association. He joined the Giles S. Rich Inn of Court during law school where he remains an active member.

Prior to law school, Mr. Ryskamp was an entrepreneur and inventor. He holds seven patents in telecommunications and artificial intelligence. As a business owner, he successfully litigated patent disputes on behalf of his company. Early in his career, he invented a business telecommunications system that was sold in Costco, Staples, and other retail stores, earning the Utah Innovation Award for Computer Software in 2007. He later sold another one of his telecommunications companies, with the associated patents, to a public corporation in a multimillion-dollar transaction. In 2014, he began working in the field of artificial intelligence, where he holds three patents. His artificial intelligence system won the 2017 AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning.

Prior Experience

  • Summer Associate, Desmarais LLP, Washington, DC, 2024 

Clerk & Government Experience

  • Judicial Intern for the Hon. Evan J. Wallach, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC, 2023 

Other Distinctions

  • AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning 2017
  • TMC Media Product of the Year 2014
  • Utah Innovation Awards, Computer Software 2007

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Giles S. Rich Inn of Court 

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News & Publications

  • Autonomous and Anonymous—A Bad Combination for AI: The Need for AI Agent Identification Laws, 1 George Washington Journal of Law & Technology 119 (2025)
  • Systems and methods for machine learning using a network of decision-making nodes, U.S. Patent No. 12,361,293, Ryskamp (issued July 15, 2025)
  • Systems and methods for machine learning using a network of decision-making nodes, U.S. Patent No. 12,008,477, Ryskamp (issued Jun. 11, 2024)
  • Systems and methods for machine learning using a network of decision-making nodes, U.S. Patent No. 10,817,784, Ryskamp (issued Oct. 27, 2020)
  • Systems and methods for data synchronization management between call centers and CRM systems, U.S. Patent No. 9,723,075, Pino et al. (issued Aug. 1, 2017)
  • Apparatus, system, and method for automated call initiation, U.S. Patent No. 8,548,144, Ryskamp (issued Oct. 1, 2013)
  • Apparatus, system, and method for automated call initiation, U.S. Patent No. 8,184,789, Ryskamp (issued May 22, 2012)
  • Apparatus, system, and method for automated call initiation, U.S. Patent No. 7,734,029, Ryskamp (issued June 8, 2010)

EDUCATION

The George Washington University Law School, J.D. with honors, 2025; The George Washington Law Review; George Washington Journal of Law & Technology, Founding Editor-in-Chief; Student Intellectual Property Law Association, Regulatory Chair; Thurgood Marshall Scholar; Dean’s Recognition for Professional Development

Harvard University, Extension School, A.L.B., cum laude, Computer Science, Minor in Legal Studies, 2022; Dean’s List Award
 

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia, Pending

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