Doyle B. Johnson | Professionals

dbjohnson@reedsmith.com

San Francisco
T: +1 415 659 5969

Doyle is a registered Patent Attorney with an Electrical Engineering background and extensive experience litigating complex patent cases. He also has many years of experience prosecuting patent applications involving complex technologies before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In addition, he handles trademark prosecution matters, domain name disputes and licensing agreements. He counsels clients concerning intellectual property rights both in the US and internationally.

Doyle’s particular areas of technical expertise are in computer hardware and software, communications technologies, and analog and digital circuits. He has been involved in patent matters involving virtually every facet of electronics – from circuit design, to semiconductor manufacturing technologies, to consumer electronic devices. With a background in Amateur Radio, and an FCC General Radiotelephone license, he has many years of experience with radio (“wireless”) technologies, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular technologies.

Credentials

Pepperdine University School of Law, 1995, J.D., summa cum laude
University of California, Berkeley, Completed a Java Programming certificate program through U.C. Berkeley Extension
University of California, Berkeley, 1988, B.S., Electrical Engineering

California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit

San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA)

Awards & Recognition

Selected one of the top IP Attorneys in the Bay Area Lawyer Magazine (2005)

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