John D. Kinton concentrates in patent litigation, International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings, patent opinions and technology litigation.

Representative Experience

• Amiga Development v. Hewlett-Packard (patent litigation involving computer graphics hardware and computer monitoring software technologies in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division)
• Zenon Environmental v. United States Filter (patent litigation relating to water and wastewater treatment systems in the Southern District of California)
• Federal Signal v. Rontan (patent litigation relating to emergency vehicle light bars in the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division)
• GE Zenon v. United States Filter (patent litigation appeal relating to water and wastewater treatment systems pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)
• Hewlett-Packard v. Acer, ITC (patent litigation involving computer architecture technologies pending in the International Trade Commission)
• Hewlett-Packard v. Acer, EDTX (patent litigation involving computer architecture technologies pending in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division)
• Hitachi v. Samsung (patent litigation involving hard disk drive technologies pending in the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division)
• Philips v. Kodak (patent litigation involving JPEG encoder technology pending in the District of Delaware)
• Papst v. Maxtor (multi-district patent litigation involving hard disk drive technologies in the Eastern District of Louisiana)
• Gateway v. Hewlett-Packard Company (patent litigation in the International Trade Commission involving computer display technology
• Plasma Physics v. Agilent Technologies, et al. (multi-party patent litigation involving semiconductor manufacturing processes in Eastern District of New York)
• Maxtor v. Philips (breach of warranty litigation related to materials used in computer chip packaging)
• Jupiter v. NetRatings (patent litigation related to internet monitoring software)
• Nortel v. ONI (patent litigation relating to fiber optic communication systems)
• Cambrian v. Maxtor (patent litigation relating to computer hard drive technology)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Rambus (antitrust litigation under FTC Act Section 5 involving conduct in standard-setting organization)
• Micron Technology v. Rambus; Rambus v. Infineon Technologies (series of patent lawsuits involving semiconductor technology and claims of antitrust violations and related claims based on conduct in standard-setting organization)

Berilling

• California
• US Patent & Trademark Office
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Prior Experience

• General Counsel and Director of Engineering, Charybdis Technologies, Carlsbad, CA (1999-2000)
• Patent Engineer and Program Manager, Boeing, St. Louis, MO (1992-1999)