Kevin K. Johanson

Mr. Johanson is a shareholder who specializes in patents, trademarks, copyright and technology law.  He chairs the firm's Intellectual Property Section.  He provides patent-related services involving the electronics arts, especially wireless communications, computer technology, software and other technologies. He focuses on all phases of intellectual property management, including domestic and foreign patent procurement, post-issuance administrative proceedings, portfolio management, preparation of noninfringement and invalidity opinions, product clearance analysis, due diligence evaluations, and pre-litigation evaluations and strategic counseling for asserting patent rights or responding to patent infringement allegations. He provides comprehensive counseling for defending the validity of clients' patents and challenging the validity of patents owned by clients' competitors.

Prior to joining Durham Jones & Pinegar, he was a shareholder at both Trask Britt and Workman Nydegger, both firms specialize in patent law.  He also served as General Counsel and Chief Patent Counsel at WhizBang Labs, and was a Patent Agent and Systems Engineer at Motorola.

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