Reed Smith has added two partners and a counsel to its IP practice in Chicago. Robert Browne, John Cullis and Lawrence James were formerly partners at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg in Chicago. Browne and Cullis will be partners at Reed Smith. James will be of counsel. Browne represents clients in all aspects of patent, trade mark, copyright and unfair competition law and related litigation in federal district and appellate courts and before the International Trade Commission. Cullis focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, counseling and procurement. Joshua Pond has joined the Washington, DC, office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, where he is be a member of the patent litigation team. He was previously a principal at Fish & Richardson for 11 years. Ann Schofield Baker has joined Perkins Coie's New York office as a partner in the commercial litigation practice focusing on intellectual property and other complex commercial matters. Baker was most recently head of McKool Smith's national trade mark and copyright litigation practice.
