US law firm Harter Secrest & Emery has hired Michael Berchou and Rowland Richards to its intellectual property practice in the firm’s Buffalo, New York office.
Both lawyers join from law firm Phillips Lytle.
Berchou’s (pictured below, left) experience includes patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright cases. He has represented clients in the medical devices, computer storage and network connectivity industries.
Richards’s (pictured below, right) practice focuses on patent, trademark and copyright counselling and licensing and technology transfers.
John Horn, partner in charge of the firm’s Buffalo office, said: “Mike and Rowland are first-rate lawyers, who bring to Harter Secrest & Emery outstanding professional credentials.”