Background
Johnson, Russell L. was born on April 1, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States.
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Russell L. Johnson
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University of California at Davis (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). University of California, Hastings College of the Law (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Career
Worked at Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Intellectual Property Law, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Mask Works, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets and Licensing. Litigation in Federal and State Courts. Corporate, Commercial and General Business Law.
And International and Government Contracts Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1972, California. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1986, United States. District Court, Central District of California.
Order of the Coif. Member, Thuston Society. Editor in Chief, Hastings Law Journal, 1991-1992.
(Resident, San Jose Office). Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel emphasizes intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trademarks, mask works, trade secrets, unfair competition and licensing) and related litigation and business transactions.
Based in Silicon Valley, the Firm offers legal services to domestic and international clients in the electronics, computer, biotech and other industries.
Established in 1976, Skjerven, Morrill now has approximately 80 attorneys and maintains offices in San Jose and San Francisco, California, and Austin, Texas. In addition to its intellectual property law practice, Skjerven, Morrill provides clients with a broad range of related business law and litigation services. The Firm represents clients in negotiating and structuring licensing and technology transfer agreements, corporate acquisitions, business organizations and financings, commercial transactions and various types of international joint ventures in which the technology owned or to be developed by the participants is an important element of the transaction.
The Firm represents litigants in disputes that turn on technological issues, many involving both complex technology and novel questions of law.
The Firm also represents clients in a variety of general business and litigation matters.
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Membership
Member, Thuston Society. Editor in Chief, Hastings Law Journal, 1991-1992. (Resident, San Jose Office).
