Crowell Nabs Intellectual Property, Trade Practice Litigator

Crowell & Moring expanded its intellectual property practice with the addition of Joshua Pond from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.

Pond joins the firm as a partner in its IP Group, which has more than 50 lawyers. He specializes in Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission. The agency examines complaints of IP infringement and is authorized block imports.

“The ITC has the power to enforce and defend rights, including exclusion orders against unfair imports,” said Pond, who noted that the commission is on track to about double the annual number of complaints it handles, to around 88 cases ...