Before he was a patent attorney, John Kinton worked on classified research and development programs at McDonnell Douglas’s Phantom Works. Now, as Chief Legal Officer at Access Advance LLC, he’s watching some of the most consequential SEP cases in the world.

He recently spoke with Nisha Shetty for IAM’s IP Litigation Insider series about his path, his team, and the litigation landscape ahead.

From the article:
“In the standards-setting universe there is a lot to keep track of, and John Kinton is watching closely.

As the chief legal officer at Access Advance, Kinton works with a team of attorneys to negotiate patent pool licences with implementers and provide administrative and financial support when a licensor decides to litigate. He also identifies what issues could become bigger concerns down the line, which means paying attention to standard-essential patent developments happening around the world.

In an exclusive interview, Kinton discusses how he went from designing planes to patent litigation, the behind-the-scenes work Access Advance does to deliver deals that satisfy all parties, and his thoughts on the Tesla-Avanci-InterDigital showdown and injunction requests in the US.”

The full article can be found here: IP Litigation Insider: Access Advance’s John Kinton on SEP disputes, patent pools, US injunctions