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Third Quarter 2006Third Quarter 2006
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Top 100 Trademark Firms
Top 100 Company Trademark Filers
Top 50 Trademark Attorneys
Market Movers
Industry Summary
Q&A with Trademark Attorneys
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YTD-2006: Top100LawFirmsThe Top 100 Trademark Firms – Year-to-Date are ranked by the number of USPTO applications submitted during the firstthree quarters of 2006 in which the firm is listed as the legal representative (correspondent). Each application is counted asone filing regardless of the type of application.
YTD Rank Law Firm
#TMsYTD 06
2005Rank
YTD Rank Law Firm
#TMsYTD 06
2005Rank
1 Greenberg Traurig 1,522 1 51 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 313 9
2 National IP Rights Center 985 7 52 Lewis & Roca 306 103
3 DLA Piper Rudnick 723 3 53 Christensen O'Connor Johnson & Kindness 305 74
4 Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu 718 2 54 Wolf Greenfield & Sacks 304 55
5 Cowan Liebowitz & Latman 611 5 55 McCarter & English 303 52
6 Merchant & Gould 597 4 56 Smith Gambrell & Russell 302 63
7 Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear 582 8 57 McDermott Will & Emery 299 78
8 Cooley Godward 556 30 58 Santoro Driggs Walch Kearney Johnson 297 N/A
9 Abelman Frayne & Schwab 539 10 58 Seed IP Law Group 297 40
10 Holland & Knight 533 17 60 Wood Herron & Evans 296 68
11 Fish & Richardson 526 24 60 Holland & Hart 296 72
12 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart 521 11 62 Dinsmore & Shohl 289 100
12 Venable 521 22 63 Welsh & Katz 287 47
14 Kenyon & Kenyon 514 27 64 Darby & Darby 285 75
15 Arent Fox 506 13 65 Law Office of Christopher Day 284 91
15 Sughrue Mion 506 16 66 Baker Botts 283 52
17 Barnes & Thornburg 499 15 66 Harness Dickey & Pierce 283 61
18 Perkins Coie 496 21 68 Fulwider Patton 282 43
19 Dorsey & Whitney 458 19 69 Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett & Henry 281 85
20 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 448 12 69 Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker 281 95
21 Bryan Cave 441 70 71 Owen Wickersham & Erickson 280 80
22 Fulbright & Jaworski 434 18 72 Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe 278 108
23 Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman 425 20 73 Richard L. Morris, Jr., Esq. 276 50
24 Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt 420 29 73 Cozen O'Connor 276 157
25 Patel & Alumit 400 124 75 Blank Rome 274 112
26 Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner 399 14 76 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal 272 69
26 Ladas & Parry 399 25 76 Fay Sharpe Fagan Minnich & McKee 272 61
28 Alston & Bird 394 26 78 Loeb & Loeb 271 110
29 Michael Best & Friedrich 386 27 79 Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw 269 6
30 Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery 379 N/A 79 Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC 269 157
30 Katten Muchin Rosenman 379 23 81 Erik M Pelton Attorney At Law 267 66
32 Jones Day 374 44 82 Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto 264 82
33 Townsend & Townsend & Crew 367 30 83 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione 262 89
34 Kilpatrick Stockton 366 35 84 Nixon & Vanderhye 261 80
35 Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman 361 32 84 Drinker Biddle & Reath 261 63
36 Christie Parker & Hale 360 33 84 Nixon Peabody 261 55
37 Duane Morris 359 41 87 Lackenbach Siegel 260 67
38 Foley & Lardner 358 37 88 Allmark Trademark Service 259 59
39 Baker & Hostetler 355 36 89 Jacobson Holman 257 45
40 Buchanan Ingersoll 350 60 90 Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen 255 170
41 Bell Boyd & Lloyd 337 34 91 Sheridan Ross 254 105
42 Baker & McKenzie 336 71 92 Keats McFarland & Wilson 253 N/A
43 Reed Smith 335 41 92 Troutman Sanders 253 57
44 Hovey Williams 331 49 94 Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin 252 131
45 Faegre & Benson 328 75 95 Hughes Hubbard & Reed 251 155
46 Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch 325 38 96 Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen 250 79
46 Morrison & Foester LLP 325 47 97 Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker 248 86
48 Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson 324 100 98 Leydig Voit & Mayer 247 83
49 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 320 52 99 Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz 245 118
50 Snell & Wilmer 318 75 100 Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson 234 95
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YTD-2006: Top50 Trademark AttorneysThe Top 50 Trademark Attorneys - YTD are determined by calculating the total number of times an individual attorney islisted in the correspondent field of all USPTO applications submitted during the first three quarters of 2006.
Q3-06Rank Attorney Law Firm
#TMsQ3-06
1 Scott J. Fields National IP Rights Center 985
2 Lawrence E. Abelman Abelman Frayne & Schwab 506
3 John Alumit Patel & Alumit 400
4 Joseph T. Nabor Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery 332
5 Christopher J. Day Law Office of Christopher Day 284
6 Richard L. Morris, Jr. Richard L. Morris, Jr., Esq. 276
7 Edward H. Rosenthal Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC 268
8 Erik M. Pelton Erik M Pelton Attorney At Law 267
9 Robert A. Rosenbloum Greenberg Traurig 264
10 Howard N. Aronson Lackenbach Siegel 260
11 Mark B. Harrison Venable 251
12 Mark I. Peroff Kirkpatrick & Lockhart 242
13 Perla M. Kuhn Hughes Hubbard & Reed 238
14 William H. Brewster Kilpatrick Stockton 233
15 Jennifer K. Craft Santoro Driggs Walch Kearney Johnson 201
16 Stewart J. Bellus Collard & Roe 200
17 John S. Egbert Egbert Law Offices 193
18 Timothy H. Hiebert Samuels Gauthier & Stevens 191
19 Michael J. Mccue Lewis & Roca 188
20 Stephen L. Baker Baker & Rannells 180
20 Peter Nussbaum Wolff & Samson 180
22 Morton J. Rosenberg Rosenberg Klein & Lee 179
23 Todd J. Braverman Bryan Cave 177
23 James M. Slattery Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch 177
25 Arturo Perez-Guerrero Arturo Perez-Guerrero 176
26 Susan Upton Douglass Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu 175
27 William O. Ferron, Jr. Seed IP Law Group 173
27 Richard C. LitmanBean, Kinney & Korman 12
Litman Law Offices 161
29 Leslie P. Kramer Faegre & Benson 172
30 Mark I. Feldman DLA Piper Rudnick 170
31 Robert L. Sherman Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker 168
32 Lawrence E. Apolzon Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu 167
33 Amy B. Goldsmith Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman 165
34 Albert Robin Cowan Liebowitz & Latman 161
35 J. Scott Gerien Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty 158
36 Annette P. Heller Annette P. Heller 156
37 G. Roxanne Elings Greenberg Traurig 154
38 Scott B. Schwartz Cozen O'Connor 153
39 Gary D. Krugman Sughrue Mion 152
40 Perry J. Viscounty Latham & Watkins 150
41 David L. Sigalow Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist 149
41 Betty E. Ungerman Jones Day 149
43 Thomas I. Rozsa Rozsa Law Group 148
44 Manuel R. Valcarcel Greenberg Traurig 147
45 Joan L. Long Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw 143
45 Marnie Wright Barnhorst Trademark Group, The 143
47 James E. Rosini Kenyon & Kenyon 141
47 Sabrina C. Stavish Sheridan Ross 141
47 Jeffrey M. Furr Jeffrey M. Furr, Attorney at Law 141
47 John E. Russell Allmark Trademark Service 141