Patent Litigation

Gary L. Benton

Gary Benton is an internationally recognized Arbitrator and Mediator with over thirty years major law firm and in-house experience in US and international business, corporate investment, technology, IP and emerging growth matters. Gary’s technology law career includes extensive experience litigating licensing and IP disputes, managing international legal projects for Fortune 500 technology companies, venture financing Silicon Valley tech startups, handling US and international M&A and IPOs, and serving as General Counsel of an Internet cloud security company serving US national security interests. Gary is the founder and Chairman of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center. He is on the Adjunct Faculty of the Santa Clara University School of Law and the Pepperdine University School of Law and lectures on arbitration law and practice. He was previously a partner with the leading international law firms Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Coudert Brothers LLP in San Francisco and Palo Alto....