As Colorado approaches the end of its spring, Erise IP employees will be settling into its new Denver office. Over the past three years, Erise IP’s Denver presence has tripled to 10 employees, and the firm made the decision to move from the Denver Tech Center to the Johns Manville Plaza building in downtown Denver.
The new office is a 6,000 square foot space, where shareholder Paul Hart; of counsel Abe Kean; associates Christina Canino, Miguel Gutierrez-Rodarte and Sten Larson; technology analysts Angelina DiNorcia and Khoa Vu; and patent agent Nathan Byers will play their trade, according to a press release from Erise IP.
Denver is Erise IP’s second location. Hart told Law Week the firm was founded in 2012 in Kansas City, and has grown from 10 employees to 53 in just over a decade of the firm’s operation. Hart explained the firm’s decision to open a Denver office via email.
“With our clients largely based on the coasts and overseas, our decision to open an office in Denver was driven by the need to recruit top legal and scientific talent prevalent in the local legal industry and coming out of the excellent local universities,” wrote Hart. “As our workload has increased with our success in the courtroom as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, where we are ranked among the top IPR firms in the country, we’re also competing to bring in the best talent.”
Hart added the firm is attracting patent infringement cases with damage requests ranging from $100 million to $500 million, as well as significant competitor litigation, following successful patent defense verdict in the Eastern District of Texas.
Cases with this type of damage request are what the firm regularly handles, according to a press release sent to Law Week. One example of this work was a summary judgment victory for Sony in a $500 million infringement suit that threatened its PlayStation console. Other clients for the firm include Garmin, T-Mobile, FanDuel, EA and more.
Hart said there were a few reasons that led to the decision to move the Denver office to a downtown location.
“Our new location in the heart of downtown is a great perk and benefit for our employees, particularly our younger professionals who value food and entertainment options near our central location and the shorter commute,” said Hart. “The new office has placed us in a much stronger position to recruit younger legal and technical talent that is so important to our practice.”
While growth is on the mind for Erise IP, the focus is on the two offices the firm currently has.
“We’ve grown to 10 employees here, and we’re looking to continue growing the group over the next few years,” said Hart.