Dan Johnson | Brookfield Intellectual Property Lawyer

Atty. Daniel Richard Johnson

Atty. Daniel Richard Johnson

Experience: 26 years
Language(s): English

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About Daniel

Dan has extensive trial and appellate experience in patent litigation, copyright litigation, and trademark litigation. This experience includes argument and briefing to trial and appellate tribunals, as well as practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including Trademark Trial and Appeal Board oppositions and cancellation proceedings. Dan has assisted clients in patent prosecution, copyright prosecution, trademark prosecution and trademark availability searching, trade secret protection, patent licensing, product development agreements, patent infringement, and non-infringement opinions. Dan advises on strategic, cost-conscious development and management of intellectual property portfolios for his clients. Dan’s successful litigation track record includes victories for small sprout farmers in In Re Cruciferous Sprout Litigation, 301 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2002), the prevailing engineering firm in Panduit v. HellermannTyton, 451 F.2d 819 (Fed. Cir. 2006), and a groundbreaking case protecting databases from Open Records requests, a victory in Wisconsin's Supreme Court in WIREdata v. Village of Sussex, 2008 WI 69 (Wis. 2008). Dan is also experienced in United States Patent Office patent reexamination proceedings as well as International Trade Commission patent actions.

Prior to becoming a registered patent attorney, Dan worked as an environmental engineer in private practice. His work included contaminated sediment assessments on major rivers within the Great Lakes Basin, hazardous waste identification and characterization, remedial action planning and cost-effectiveness evaluations, capture zone and contaminant transport analysis, remediation system design, installation and monitoring.

While at Marquette University Law School, Dan received numerous academic excellence awards, and clerked for the Honorable Marianne Becker, and served as an intern clerk for the Honorable John L. Coffey of the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Dan also assisted in drafting portions of a textbook regarding international intellectual property law.

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Experience

Partner

Ryan Kromholz & Manion SC

Present

Brookfield, WI

Admission

Verified Wisconsin

1999

Education

Marquette University Law School

J.D.

1999

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • State Bar of Wisconsin | Member
  • American Bar Association | Member
  • Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association | Member
  • Waukesha County Bar Association | Member
Honors / Awards
  • Super Lawyers® Wisconsin Rising Star
    2006-2009
  • Martindale-Hubbell BV® Distinguished™ Peer Review Rating.
  • Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year
    2019-2020
  • Best Lawyers® Litigation – Intellectual Property
    2020

Notable Work

Publications

“Electronic Open Records Requests” ed to Wisconsin Association of County Corporation Counsel April

present / 2007


“Copyrights WireData v. Village of Sussex” ed at Wisconsin State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Academy July

present / 2008


Assisted in drafting portions of a textbook regarding international intellectual property law.

Ryan Kromholz & Manion SC Highlights

Business, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark

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