Intellectual property practitioners said they are saddened to see another boutique, Kenyon & Kenyon, dissolve, but they disputed whether it signaled an end of the IP boutique era in Manhattan.

Two decades ago, Manhattan had a bevy of IP boutiques, including Kenyon; Pennie & Edmonds; Fish & Neave; Morgan & Finnegan; Darby & Darby; and Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond.