Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Johnson assists clients in identifying, developing, protecting and commercializing emerging technologies. He is a licensed patent attorney and prosecutes patent and trademark applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He also assists start up and established corporate clients to develop programs to secure, fund and transfer intellectual property rights. Mr. Johnson represents clients in new product design, development, commercialization and federal regulatory compliance for new technologies. Additionally, his practice includes litigation of trade secret theft, infringement of patents, trademarks and other proprietary rights, complex business disputes and class action defense. He has also served as an expert witness in patent disputes and is an approved mediator in Missouri State and Federal Courts for civil disputes. He is a graduate of the University of Tulsa College of Law.

Areas of Practice

• Telecommunications
• Waste Management
• Intellectual Property
• Patents
• Licensing and Preserving Ownership of Data Rights
• Risk Management
• Trademarks
• Technology Transfer and Licensing
• Corporate Transactions
• Copyright
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Licensing
• Internet Litigation
• Environmental
• Water Regulation
• Environmental Litigation

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Licensing

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1994
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Board Member, Springfield Business Development Corporation
• The Missouri Bar
• American Bar Association
• Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
• The Order of the Barristers
• Phi Delta Phi

Honors and Awards

• Senior Articles Editor, Tulsa Energy Law Journal
• Pave Environmental Competition Finalist

Education

• University of Tulsa College of Law, 1994
  J.D.
• Drury University, 1989
  B.A.

Published Works

• Joe Johnson Appointed to Board of Springfield Business Development Corporation, 2009
• Lathrop & Gage Promotes Seven Attorneys to Partner Status, 2009
• Firm Obtains Success in Highly Contested Trademark Opposition on Behalf of Advanced Animal Nutrition, 2009
• Cunningham, Harpool & Cordonnier L.L.C. Merge with Lathrop & Gage L.C., 2003

Address

1845 S. National
P.O. Box 4288
Springfield, MO 65804

Phones

(417) 877-5902 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(417) 886-9126 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/