
Rodney D. Ryder
About
Rodney D. Ryder is a lawyer with over two and a half decades of experience in Technology, Data Privacy, Intellectual Property and New Media Laws. He is the Founding Partner of Scriboard, a full-service commercial law firm with cutting edge specialisation in technology, new media and intellectual property laws. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000. He counsels a wide range of clients from start-ups to the Fortune 100 and represents them in litigation regarding technology law, data security, compliance with law enforcement and intellectual property strategy. He is on the Board and Advisor to leading companies. He is regularly interviewed and widely quoted by Indian and International media on technology, intellectual property and new media laws.
Rodney D. Ryder is a lawyer with over two and a half decades of experience in Technology, Data Privacy, Intellectual Property and New Media Laws. He is the Founding Partner of Scriboard, a full-service commercial law firm with cutting edge specialisation in technology, new media and intellectual property laws. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000. He counsels a wide range of clients from start-ups to the Fortune 100 and represents them in litigation regarding technology law, data security, compliance with law enforcement and intellectual property strategy. He is on the Board and Advisor to leading companies. He is regularly interviewed and widely quoted by Indian and International media on technology, intellectual property and new media laws.
Mr Ryder was educated at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi where he studied an Honours Degree in History. He secured the Gold Medal for the first rank in the University and at College was awarded several coveted prizes such as the Westcott Memorial History Prize and Percival Spear Memorial Prize. He studied Law at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
Mr. Ryder has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications. Mr. Ryder has been listed as one of India’s leading lawyers in the ’40 under 45’ study conducted by WhosWhoLegal, United Kingdom. In 2021, Mr. Ryder was listed in ‘Super 50 TMT’ list of leading TMT lawyers in Asia published by Asian Legal Business.
His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet [published by LexisNexis] has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work on domain name disputes by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names [Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; (2004) 6 SCC 145].
He has been and is Adjunct Professor / Visiting Faculty to the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, the CBI Academy [Ghaziabad], the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow [IIML]. The Indian Institute of Technology [Kharagpur], the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad, NALSAR, Hyderabad, the National Law School of India University [NLSIU], Bangalore and the National Law University [NLU], Jodhpur.
PRO BONO WORK
• Member, ‘Legal Action Group’ constituted by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communication, Government of India, to advise on the implementation of the ‘Act’ [www.cca.gov.in].
• Honorary Legal Advisor, Nepal Telecom Authority [NTA]
• Legal Advisor, Computer Association of Nepal [CAN]
• Legal Advisor, Office of the Attorney General, Sri Lanka
• Advisor, Cyber Crime Police Station, C. O. D. Head Quarters, Bangalore.
• Advisor, Cyber Crime Police Station, Hyderabad.
• Honorary Advisor & Visiting Faculty, Delhi Police Training Centre
EDITORIAL/ADVISORY BOARD
• Metacept™ [www.metacept.com]
• Corporate Law Adviser [CLA]
• Patent and Trademark Reporter [PTR]
• The GNLU Journal of Law, Development and Politics [GJLDP]