About Lance
• Features Editor, Law Practice Management Magazine, American Bar Association
• Member, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology Law Sections, American Bar Association
• Liaison, Science and Technology Law Section, Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems, American Bar Association
• Member & past Section Council member, Science and Technology Section, American Bar Association
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
• Member, Virginia Bar Association
• Past Contributing Associate Editor, Bulletin of Law, Science and Technology, American Bar Association
• Past Co-chair, Science and Technology Law Section Committee on Crime and Privacy, American Bar Association
• Past Liaison, Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight, American Bar Association
• Past Columnist, “Recent CAFC Decisions,” Litigation Section Newsletter, American Bar Association
- District Court
- In re Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps, ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-830 – patent
- Hubbell Incorporated v. The Watt Stopper – patent
- Hubbell Incorporated v. Dynamic Lighting, Inc – design patent
- Hubbell Incorporated v. Acuity Brands, Inc. – design patent, trade dress
- Arysta Lifescience North America, Inc. v. The Hide Group – patent
- Intersections, Inc. v. Lifelock, Inc. – trademark, unfair competition
- Hubbell Incorporated v. U.S. Pole Company, Inc. – design patent
- Sports Design & Development, Inc. v. Pure Fishing, Inc. – trademark, trade dress
- Hubbell Incorporated v. Genlyte Group, Inc. – patent
- Normark Corporation v. Pure Fishing, Inc. – trade dress
- Etigra LLC v. Bayer Cropscience – patent, trade secret, copyright
- Taymac Corporation v. Hubbell Incorporated – patent
- Nisus Corporation v. Control Solutions, Inc. – copyright
- Nisus Corporation v. Schirm USA – copyright
- Central Mfg. Co. v. Pure Fishing, Inc. – trademark, unfair business practices
- Countrywide Financial Corporation v. Texas International Property Associates – domain name dispute
- TayMac Corporation v. Hubbell Incorporated – patent
- Hubbell Incorporated v. Genlyte Thomas Group – patent
- Stoller v. Pocekovic, Consolidated appeal nos. 2008-1569 thru 2008-1576 (Fed. Cir.)
- Stoller v. Pure Fishing, Inc., , Nos. 06-3792, 06-4057, 07-1936, 08-3915 (7th Cir.)
In re Leo Stoller, No. 05-B-64075 (Bankr. N.D. Ill.)
- Iowa State University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1982
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1987
- Registered Patent Attorney (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. Supreme Court
• Author, “Online Marketing of Legal Services”, Law Practice Magazine January 2016
• Author, “USPTO Re‐Exam Considerations After Fresenius v.
• Baxter,” Law360 August 2013
• “Trademark Trolling”, INTA May 2012
• “Out of the Business – NIH Denies Invitation to Control Drug Prices”,
• AIPLA Chemical Practice Subcommittee May 2005
• “Broadening Reissue as a Strategic Response to Inter Partes
• Reexamination”, AIPLA Spring Meeting May 2004
• “Inter Partes Reexamination Round Table Testimony”, USPTO February 2004 “Inter Partes Reexamination: The USPTO Alternative To Patent
• Litigation”, Houston Intellectual Property Law Institute October 2003
• Editor and co‐author, “E‐mail for Client Communications: A Multinationed Survey,” Bulletin of Law, Science and Technology Law,
• American Bar Association June 2000
Professional Profile
Lance Johnson has gone through the ranks. He started as a patent examiner, became an associate handling prosecution, litigation support, and prior art studies for freedom-to-operate, validity, and infringement issues. He progressed to partner and was responsible for prosecuting and defending infringement litigation, providing counsel to clients on new products, and defending his opinions in court. Mr. Johnson has served as an expert witness on patent law matters and successfully pursued the first inter partes reexamination. Mr. Johnson has become conversant in a wide variety of technologies to better serve clients. A nonexclusive listing includes..
- Acoustic reflectors
- Agrochemicals
- Air cooling systems
- Ammonia manufacture
- Anesthesia
- Antibacterial treatments
- Blow molding processes
- Catalysts for hydrocarbon processing
- Ceramics
- Chemical synthesis
- Cleaning compositions
- Coal recovery and processing
- Coatings
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs
- Composites
- Fiber manufacture
- Fibers compositions and processing
- Fishing reels
- Flame retardants
- Food technology
- Fungicides
- Injection molding and associated equipment
- Insecticides
- Locking mechanisms
- Miticides
- Nicotine inhalers
- Oil & gas well production
- Oil shale recovery
- Omega-3 fatty acid compositions and formulations
- Oxidation systems
- Packaging films
- Paintball products
- Pesticides
- Petroleum refining
- Pharmaceuticals and Formulations
- Plant extracts
- Plant growth regulators
- Plant management
- Plant treatments
- Plastics
- Polymers
- Proppants
- Refrigerants
- Reverse osmosis membranes
- Scent formulations
- Scents
- Software – secure encryption, HIPAA compliant
- Steel compositions and manufacture
- Sulfur processing
- Turf products
- Veterinary pharmaceutical
- Wood preservatives
