While at Kenyon & Kenyon, Mr. Hutchins has been involved with a variety of patent-related matters, including litigation in federal district court and appeals before the Federal Circuit, client counseling, license drafting and negotiations, patent prosecution and reexamination, and European opposition proceedings. His practice focuses on patent litigation on the trial and appellate level, and he has represented clients in diverse fields, such as consumer electronics, medical devices, paper making processes and chemicals, sublimation inks, printing presses, vaccines, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, and various toys and children's products.
Before joining Kenyon & Kenyon, Mr. Hutchins served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul V. Gadola, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. During this clerkship, Mr. Hutchins gained extensive familiarity with federal civil and criminal trial practice.
Mr. Hutchins's technical background relates to solid-state electronic device fabrication. He also gained experience in various new packaging technologies for electronic circuitry while working as an Eastman Kodak Scholar for Eastman Kodak Company.
Mr. Hutchins has taught patent law at the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law. Mr. Hutchins has also served as a co-editor of the ITC treatise, Unfair Competition and the ITC.
While attending Harvard Law School, Mr. Hutchins served as president of the Harvard Mediation Program, mediated disputes before state courts in Massachusetts, and taught mediation technique at the law school. Mr. Hutchins was also a special assistant district attorney at the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted criminal cases.
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