AIPLA List of Arbitrators and Mediators
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This LIST identifies AIPLA members in good standing who are willing to serve as an arbitrator, mediator, or early neutral evaluator for disputes involving intellectual property.
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Stephen Chow
Boston, MA
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. Forty-plus years of full-spectrum intellectual property practice across all major technology sectors, including patent prosecution, federal and state court litigation and administrative litigation including USITC and PTAB. Broad awareness, experience, and appreciation of enterprise practicalities from individual to Fortune 50. Substantial commercial, competition, corporate, international and licensing law e ...
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Jerry Cohen
Boston, MA
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes, including issues of rights ownership, legibility/scope/validity, infringement /misappropriation, assignment, licensing, misuse, legal/business ethics, defenses, remedies.
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Mark Dukes
Columbia, SC
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. Mark is a former Federal Circuit Law Clerk and United States Patent Examiner with more than thirty years' experience litigating and resolving complex commercial and intellectual property disputes in courts across the United States, as well as before the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the European Patent Office, and international courts, including in Germany, Sweden, Italy, Japan, China, and Ta ...
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Joan Ellis
Washington, DC
Arbitration of patent disputes. Over 20 years experience at the USPTO as an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and an Administrative Patent Judge. At the BPAI (now, PTAB), I rendered decisions in both ex parte and inter partes disputes involving biotechnology and the pharmaceutical arts. In private practice, I prosecute patents, counsel clients and do expert witnessing. More importantly, I have served as a panelist and chair for the American Arbitration Association since 2009.
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Brian Esler
Seattle, WA
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David Friedland
Miami, FL
Mediator for patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets. David Friedland is both a litigator and an experienced mediator, specializing in intellectual property disputes. He feels strongly that being an active litigator helps him stay sharp and prepared for his role as mediator. His extensive experience as a mediator has taught him the value of listening well to both sides, in order to find common goals which can lead to a successful outcome. A recognized leader in the field, David is current ...
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John Fry
Atlanta, GA
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. I have been a litigator of IP cases for almost 30 years and have been first chair in cases for 20 years. Although the majority of cases were patent disputes, I have litigated a number of trademark and trade secret disputes and an occasional copyright dispute. I recently completed the training and am registered with the Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution for Arbitration and General Civil ...
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James "Jim" Gale
Miami, FL
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress. I have been practicing IP Litigation law for 40 years. I am a AAA certified Arbitrator and Mediator. I have taught Patents and Trade Secret Law at Florida International School of Law, Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants at University of Miami School of Law, and I currently teach the LLM IP program at Franklin Pierce, University of New Hampshire School of Law, while working as the Co-Chair of IP Litigation at Co ...
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Brian Gilchrist
Orlando, FL
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, and copyright disputes -- Mr. Gilchrist is certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a mediator and has qualified as both a Mediator and Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and also the International Trademark Association (INTA) Panel of Trademark Mediators. He has been appointed as a mediator by Judges of the District Courts of Florida and by private parties seeking to resolve their disputes. He is also a memb ...
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Jack Goldstein
Houston, TX
Since the Spring of 1999, I have (a) served as a mediator, arbitrator, or testifying patent expert in patent cases and (b) consulted about copyright litigation (after having previously had a fairly robust copyright litigation practice first on behalf of Broadcast Music Inc. and later on behalf the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers while I was at Arnold, White & Durkee). I taught a course in copyright law at South Texas College of law for a few years (many years ago).