Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has opened an office in Washington, D.C., and has hired four intellectual property attorneys to work in the new office. James Armstrong and William Brooks, formerly with Armstrong Kratz Quintos Hanson & Brooks LLP, join the firm as partners. Armstrong specializes in patent preparation/prosecution, expert legal opinions, trademarks and litigation in the technical areas of chemical engineering, primarily polymers, biotechnology, materials, process machinery and semiconductors, as well as mechanical engineering. Brooks focuses his practice in the areas of patent prosecution, expert opinions and litigation with experience in all aspects of electrical and mechanical engineering. IP associates Gi-In An and Reina Kakimoto also joined from Armstrong Kratz. Edwards Angell’s IP group is made up of more than 70 lawyers and patent agents who have degrees in technological and scientific disciplines.
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