Townsend and Townsend and Crew’s new Washington, D.C. office will focus on patent litigation and patent prosecution. The mid-sized San Francisco-based IP firm will launch the new office with lawyers from Kenyon & Kenyon and McGuire Woods. Seven attorneys will open the office, but the firm hopes to grow over the next three years and eventually be able to offer full IP services there. It is beneficial for an IP firm to have an office in D.C., considering that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the International Trade Commission and the Federal Cicuit are also located there.

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