Aaron M. Johnson

Aaron is a seasoned trial attorney, with extensive experience in all stages of litigation in Federal court, including Markman hearings, depositions, pretrial investigation, discovery, pre- and post-trial motions, appellate work, and most importantly, trial. Aaron also has extensive experience in commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings.

Aaron focuses his practice on intellectual property matters with an emphasis on patent infringement litigation and other matters concerning technology. He represents clients across a broad spectrum of technological areas, including pharmaceuticals, the chemical industry, medical devices, data processing systems, computer software and hardware, computer chip technology, construction materials, safety and security technologies, control technology, business methods, pet care products, and telecommunications.

• Represented many generic pharmaceutical companies in complex Hatch-Waxman cases that achieved the clients’ business objectives after hard-fought and contentious litigation, up to and including trial.  These cases included patent claims directed to:
  • Small molecules
  • Compositions and formulations
  • Polymorphisms
  • Methods of treatment
  • Pharmaceutical salt forms
  • Injectables
  • Ready-to-use formulations
  • Prodrugs
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Organic chemistry
  • Analytical chemistry
• Represented numerous generic pharmaceutical companies in reaching early settlements  with brand companies before incurring significant litigation expense.
• Represented generic pharmaceutical company defending against claims for patent infringement. Successfully argued the claim construction (Markman) hearing. The litigation settled shortly after the court issued its claim construction.
• Obtained summary judgment of non-infringement in construction materials case that was upheld on appeal by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Obtained partial summary judgment for patent owner in dispute over Alice patent eligibility regarding patents directed to software and data processing systems.
• Represented patent owner in pursuing patent infringement claims against alleged infringer related to chip programming technology. After fact discovery, Markman claim construction ruling, and expert discovery, the litigation was resolved on mutually agreeable terms.