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Lisa K. Norton  


Of Counsel

lisa.norton@dlapiper.com

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One Fountain Square
11911 Freedom Drive, Suite 300
Reston, Virginia 20190-5602
United States
T: +1 703 773 4141   F: +1 202 689 7414

Lisa Norton practices primarily in the area of patent law. Her experience includes representing Fortune 100 and other companies on patent prosecution and counseling matters. In particular, Ms. Norton has focused her practice on patent issues related to computer hardware and software, including medical software.

Ms. Norton has previously been engaged in litigation support. She now focuses on patent prosecution and counseling matters. Her experience includes preparing and prosecuting patents in both the US and foreign countries. She is experienced in preparing opinions (e.g., design-around opinions, non-infringement opinions, invalidity opinions) and also handles a variety of related patent transactional matters, including licensing transactions and due-diligence reviews for patent portfolios.

In August 2005, she was appointed by the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce to a three-year term as a member of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, a nine-person committee created by statute to advise senior officials at the US Patent and Trademark Office on matters concerning the USPTO's policies, goals and performance.

Since 2006, Ms. Norton has served as an adjunct professor of patent law at George Mason University School of Law. She has also lectured to groups within the United States and around the world on topics related to US patent law.

In the early years of her practice, Ms. Norton served as a policy advisor to the US Senate handling technology issues. She has also managed government affairs in the private sector, working as a registered lobbyist representing technology and computer security companies as well as the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games.

Ms. Norton is the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Northern Virginia office.

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Virginia

Memberships

  • District of Columbia Bar Association


EDUCATION

  • J.D., Brigham Young University 1994
    Editor-in-Chief, BYU Journal of Public Law
    French Editor, BYU Law Review, Volume 993, Number 2 Issue
  • B.S., Brigham Young University 1991

EDUCATION

  • J.D., Brigham Young University 1994
    Editor-in-Chief, BYU Journal of Public Law
    French Editor, BYU Law Review, Volume 993, Number 2 Issue
  • B.S., Brigham Young University 1991

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