Robinson+Cole expands IP practice with new Washington, D.C. office

Robinson+Cole is opening an workplace in Washington, D.C. with an mental property crew, together with 4 new attorneys and a patent agent.

The workplace will probably be led by associate William E. Bradley, together with attorneys Kyle G. Hepner, David W. Leibovitch and Jennifer Driscoll, together with Daniel J. Lass as a patent agent. 

The brand new workplace is at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, within the metropolis’s bustling Penn Quarter neighborhood.

The opening is a part of Robinson+Cole’s growth of its mental property observe in patent litigation and patent prosecution, the agency stated.

“Persevering with to reinforce our mental property and enterprise litigation practices is one other step within the execution of our strategic plan, which centered on increasing in main business facilities,” stated Rhonda J. Tobin, managing associate of Robinson+Cole. 

The announcement follows Robinson+Cole’s addition, in October, of a four-person crew to its Mental Property and Expertise Group, led by associate John H. Mutchler in Hartford. 

Robinson+Cole has been increasing, opening workplaces in Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia in 2019, together with the addition of a nationwide chapter observe.

Tobin stated the agency will proceed to search for alternatives to develop.

“We’ve got a robust monitor report of integrating lateral attorneys into our agency so that they really feel like they belong and have the help they should flourish,” he stated. “A part of our success as a agency for 177 years is making certain that our current attorneys and laterals discover a dwelling the place they’ll develop their practices alongside different attorneys all pulling in the identical course.”

The brand new associate, Bradley, has litigation and prosecution expertise and has litigated patents and different mental property rights for greater than 20 years. He has been concerned in additional than 75 mental property lawsuits in federal and state courts, courts of enchantment and earlier than the Worldwide Commerce Fee. Earlier than becoming a member of Robinson+Cole, he was a associate at Michael Greatest & Friedrich in Washington, D.C.

Hepner additionally joins Robinson+Cole from Michael Greatest & Friedrich and represents shoppers in mental property, with a give attention to patent litigation, Patent Trial and Attraction Board proceedings, and the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and worldwide utility and design patent purposes. 

Leibovitch focuses on the prosecution of utility and design patent purposes, freedom-to-operate and invalidity opinions, post-grant proceedings on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace, and District Court docket patent litigation. Earlier than becoming a member of Robinson+Cole, he was counsel at Pittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

Driscoll, an antitrust lawyer for greater than 15 years, will work within the agency’s New York Metropolis and Washington D.C. workplaces. She has expertise at worldwide regulation corporations, together with stints in New York, Paris and London. She handles antitrust litigation for nationwide and worldwide corporations, together with in Japan and Taiwan. 

Lass, the patent agent, has a level in mechanical engineering and beforehand labored at Arlington, Virginia-based Nixon & Vanderhye, the place he drafted and prosecuted purposes associated to medical gadgets. He’s registered to observe earlier than the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace.

Earlier this 12 months, Robinson+Cole introduced the relocation of its Hartford workplace at 280 Trumbull St. to One State Avenue, often known as the Hartford Steam Boiler Constructing. The transfer is slated for September 2023.