Ryan B. Bell

Mr. Bell practices in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation sections, and has expertise in litigating trademark, unfair competition, defamation, commercial contract, and other complex commercial claims.  He has also developed significant experience relating to corporate governance and shareholder disputes, and advises clients on a number of issues, including intellectual property protection and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  Mr. Bell has litigated many successful cases for clients ranging from large corporations to individuals, and uses a problem-solving approach to litigation in order to achieve excellent results as efficiently as possible for his clients.

Mr. Bell has been selected for inclusion in Mountain States Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the category of Intellectual Property Litigation and has also been voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite” in the category of Up and Coming (as published in Utah Business Magazine).

Representative cases include successfully defending a client at trial in a case involving multi-million dollar contract and unfair competition claims; winning a successful jury verdict at trial for a client whose property rights had been threatened; and obtaining an injunction against a party who operated a defamatory website disparaging a client.

Mr. Bell maintains a blog relating to defamation law in Utah at: http://utahdefamationlaw.com/