Bringing on five intellectual property lawyers from a Fort Lauderdale and Silicon Valley-based boutique, Dickinson Wright has spurred on an already-lively hiring market for IP lawyers among Am Law 200 firms.

Michigan-based Dickinson Wright announced that it would effectively absorb the small firm, Mayback & Hoffman, as it hired the boutique’s two name partners — Catherine Hoffman and Gregory Mayback— and three other lawyers in Florida and Silicon Valley.