Noted Cases

To his mediation and litigation practices, Gary Kitchen brings years of experience as a business executive and practicing attorney representing both plaintiffs and defendants in IP disputes, thus providing insights and perspectives complimentary to those of both business clients and representing counsel. Mr. Kitchen has participated in over 50 intellectual property litigation matters, including but not limited to:

• OPTi Inc. v. Apple Inc. Patent matter involving core logic chipset technology resulting in a favorable jury verdict for plaintiff OPTi, Inc.

• Cooper Technology, Inc. v. Thomas & Betts Corporation. Patent matter involving power transmission equipment resulting in a favorable jury verdict of invalidity for defendant Thomas and Betts Corp.

• Visto Corporation v. Seven Networks, Inc., Visto Corp. v. Microsoft Corp., Visto Corp. v. Good Technologies, Inc., Visto Corp. v. Research in Motion (RIM). Multiple patent infringement suits involving mobile email synchronization technology resulting in a favorable jury verdict for plaintiff Visto against Seven Networks and favorable settlements with all defendants including a business combination with Good and a publically disclosed favorable settlement with RIM.

• Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. v. emsCharts, Inc. Patent matter involving initial jury verdict of infringement ultimately resulting in favorable Court ruling of unenforceability due to inequitable conduct for defendant emsCharts.

• Paice LLC. v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al. Patent matter involving hybrid car engines resulting in a favorable jury verdict for Paice, LLC.

• Avid Identifications Systems v. Datamars SA et al. Patent suit involving RFID microchip permanent identification technology ultimately resulting in favorable judicial finding of unenforceability due to inequitable conduct (on-sale-bar) for defendant Datamars.

• Cummins-Allison Corp. v. Glory Ltd., et al. Patent suit regarding bill counting and banking technology resulting in favorable settlement for plaintiff Cummins-Allison just prior to jury selection.

• Board of Regents, University of Texas System v. Setagon, Inc. et al. Dispute involving patent applications for stent devices with porous layers for eluting therapeutic agents resulting in favorable settlement for defendant Medtronic.

• FotoMedia Technologies, LLC v. AOL, LLC. et al. Patent action involving photo sharing technologies against multiple defendants resulting in favorable settlements for plaintiff FotoMedia.

• Hill v. Amazon.com et al. Multiple patent suits involving storing and updating electronic data against more than thirty internet retailers resulting in favorable settlements for plaintiff Charles Hill.

• AT&T v. Excel Communications. Landmark patent litigation involving software patent resulting in settlement just prior to jury trial.

• Ciena Corp. v. Nortel Networks, et al. Patent matter related to WDM (wavelength division multiplexed) fiber optic networks resulting in favorable settlement for defendant Nortel.