Patent Dispute Mediation

Why Choose Gary Kitchen to mediate your patent dispute?

Mediation is not an exact science because it necessarily involves unique problems and parties. Complex dispute mediation requires an effective, process oriented approach and a key set of skills. Gary Kitchen has the integrity, knowledge, experience, and talent to provide these critical attributes and to facilitate a global resolution of your litigation. While someone with a background only in law, or only in business, can be a competent mediator, someone with extensive experience in both sectors necessarily brings more to the table.

Intellectual property litigation, in particular, is a highly technical and dynamic area of law. McKool Smith, with whom Mr. Kitchen was associated for virtually his entire legal career, is widely regarded as one of the premier patent litigation firms in the United States. During his tenure with McKool Smith, Mr. Kitchen was involved in more than fifty (50) patent matters, representing both defendants and plaintiffs. He learned about patent dispute litigation, mediation, and trials first-hand while trying patent cases with and against many of the finest patent trial lawyers in the country.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Kitchen served as a business executive for AT&T (formerly known as Southwestern Bell Corporation or SBC) both in the United States and in Mexico, where he was responsible for various business operations, financial, and personnel management. This experience gives him a unique perspective as to the business goals and exigencies that necessarily arise in the context of a commercial legal dispute, as well as a knack for seeing potentially creative business solutions to resolve disputes.

Perhaps most importantly, Mr. Kitchen has maintained, over many years, a personal commitment to honesty, fair-mindedness, and integrity that literally hundreds of attorneys and clients have experienced in their dealings with him during the course of litigations, trials, mediations, and settlements.

Thus, Mr. Kitchen brings to his mediation practice a meaningful comprehension of both the legal and business complexities inherent in intellectual property disputes, and he possesses the intellectual and interpersonal skills that are critical to effecting appropriate and intelligent dispute resolutions.