Overview

Frank Johnson is based in Leydig’s Frankfurt Germany office, where he advocates for the intellectual property interests of European-based clients doing business in the United States. His practice includes patent preparation and prosecution, legal opinion drafting, and proceedings before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board. During his career he has worked in technology fields including software, robotics, wearable devices, drones, inventory management, datacenter infrastructure, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), cloud computing, cryptography, information security, AI, and LLMs.

Education

  • University of Iowa, J.D., 2011
  • Baylor University, B.S. in Computer Science & Biology, 2004

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Washington
  • Texas (inactive)

Honors

  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Pro Bono Club Member 2014

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer Attorney at Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
  • Houston Volunteer Lawyer Program

Articles, Publications & Lectures

  • GDPR Gameplay: Privacy Issues for Video Game Developers
  • Diverging Defaults: When do you own “your” IP? (Co-Author)

Languages

  • German – A1

Education

  • University of Iowa, J.D., 2011
  • Baylor University, B.S. in Computer Science & Biology, 2004

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Washington
  • Texas (inactive)