Doug Johnson concentrates his practice on trademarks, copyrights and patents, and on intellectual property litigation. He negotiates software licensing and technology agreements for both technology companies and end users. Mr. Johnson also coordinates trademark prosecution and administration, patent prosecution and administration, and intellectual property litigation for companies with over two dozen international brands primarily in the food, sports, carpet, and consumer products industries. He is also involved in the domestic and international licensing of clients' intellectual property rights. Mr. Johnson is the leader of Miller & Martin's Intellectual Property Practice Group. He has been registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 1985. He is a member of the International Trademark Association, the Licensing Executives Society, Fedération Internationalé des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle, Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle, and the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, and has served as an Officer of the Tennessee Intellectual Property Lawyers Association between 1996 and 2001. Practice Groups Technology and Licensing Intellectual Property Entertainment Education J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan, 1981 Phi Delta Phi Barrister's Society B.A., Mathematics, University of North Carolina, 1978 Morehead Scholar Representative Cases/Engagements Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Frank W. Wilson, Jr. 1981 to 1982 Law Clerk to Judge H. Ted Milburn in 1983. |