The Daily Journal reports that Professor Mark A. Lemley together with other IP specialists are forming a new IP litigation law firm, Durie Tangri, Lemley Roberts & Kent:

Mark Lemley, Daralyn Durie and Ragesh Tangri used to talk, during their years at UC Berkeley School of Law, of forming a law practice together someday.

On Monday, that faraway dream became a reality.

The trio left San Francisco law firm Keker & Van Nest along with two other partners and an associate to form Durie Tangri, Lemley Roberts & Kent in law offices that do not yet have their names on them in San Francisco. Two other Keker & Van Nest partners, Clement Roberts and Ryan Kent, are joining them.

… Lemley – who served as of counsel with Keker & Van Nest – is best known as a Stanford Law School professor and a prolific author of appellate briefs and academic research papers.

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… Durie, Lemley and Tangri have established that they “play in the big leagues.”

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Lemley said he will continue to work full time as a Stanford Law School professor, and acknowledges that the new firm’s small size will be a limitation. “It does mean we can’t take on every possible case, but that’s a benefit, too.”

He and Durie said they would partner with other firms or hire contract attorneys when necessary.