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Intellectual Property Law Firms

Ranked by: Number of Local USPTO Registered Attorneys

Company Name Number of Local USPTO Registered Attorneys Number of Local Trademark Attorneys/Agents IP Practice Areas
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP 47 18 Transactional and litigation
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. 24 3 Intellectual property litigation, Internet and copyright litigation, technology transactions, IP proprty counseling and patents, trademarks, copyrights adn advertising, global outsourcing transactions
Morrison & Foerster LLP 21 0 Adversarial patent licensing negotiations, cleantech IP, copyright, patent litigation, technology transactions, trade secrets, trademark, venture IP
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 18 5 Patent litigation, high-end patent prosecution, trademark (litigation and prosecution), copyright, trade secrets, IP transactions and licensing.
DLA Piper US LLP 16 2 Licensing, litigation, patent and trademark, copyright
Fish & Richardson P.C. 15 3 Patent prosecution and strategies counseling, litigation, dispute resolution trademarks, copyright, news media, entertaiment
Jones Day 15 0 Patent prosecution and strategy, patent litigation, licensing and technology transactions, due diligence for M&A and financings, ITC Litigation, appellate litigation, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights
Foley & Lardner LLP 13 Firm does not make a distinction Biotechnology and pharmaceutical, chemical and pharmaceutical, electronics, IP litigation, trademark, copyright and advertising
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP 13 12 Intellectual property selection, development, registration and licensing, to IP protection and litigation. Specific services include domestic and international patent procurement; trademark and copyright registration; acquisition, development, licensing.
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 10 12 Patent litigation, patent prosecution, trademark and copyright prosecution, enforcement and litigation, technology transactions and licensing, antitrust and unfair competition
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9 5 Patent trademark, copyright, trade dress, trade secrets and common law rights including litigation, prosecution, licensing
Heller Ehrman LLP (closed as of 9/26/08) 8 n/a IP litigation , IP transaction, patents and trademarks
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 8 5 Biotech patent prosecution, high tech patent prosecution, patent litigation, trademarks, copyrights, due diligence, licensing, options, copyright litigation, trademark litigation
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 7 3 International and U.S. Trademark, copyright and advertising, patent counseling and prosecurion, trade secret litigation and dispute counseling
Gordon & Rees LLP 7 12 Patent, trademark and copyright, prosecution and litigation, trade secrets and unfair competition, licensing, franchising
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 7 1 IP and technology litigation, IP audits and strategic planning, patent prosecution, trademarks and brabding, copyrights, licensing and technology transfer, trade secrets, open house, media and entertainment, virtual worlds adn video games.
Duane Morris LLP 6 3 IP litigation, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition
Catalyst Law Group APC 5 5 Patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and litigation
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery 5 2 IP counseling, patent preparation and prosecution, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, litigation, reissue and rexamination proceedings, product clearance and legal opinions, patent portfolio management, IP transactions, international practice
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP 5 15 Domestic and international technology law, IP and technology litigation, IP protection and enforcement, IP prosecution, incuding patents, trademarks and copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing
Latham & Watkins LLP 4 9 Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, false amd misleading advertising, models and designs, geographical indications, rights of privacy and publicity, grey market, unfair competition, e-Commerce, Internet regulation, Online theft of intellectual
Baker & McKenzie LLP 3 3 Patents litigation, counseling and licenising, trademark, copyright litigation and counseling
Covington and Burling, LLP 3 0 Patent litigation, ITC Section 337, strategic patent prosecution, trademark and trademark litigation, copyright and copyright litigation, fasle and misleading advertising litigation, Internet monitoring, enforcement and litigation, IP audit and asset mana
McDermott Will & Emery 3 0 Patent prosecution, portfolio management and counseling, patent litigation, licensing and due diligence across a diverse range of technologies. Providing a unique combination of technical and scientific knowledge and industry-specific legal experience.
Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne 2 2 Patent prosecution, trade secret protection programs and audits, nondisclosure agreements, employee confidientialty agreements,trademark, copyright clearance and registration, technology transfer and licensing, international patent and trademark registrat
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 1 3 Intellectural property development and protection strategies by advising them on the complex overlapping coverage available to them under patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, LLP 1 n/a Biotechnology, chemical, electrical, materials science, mechanical, patent inferences and post-grant proceedings, trademark
Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP 1 n/a Patents, trademark, copyrights, electronic commerce and entertainment
Klinedinst PC 1 n/a Copyright, trademark, trade dress, patent, trade secrets, licensing, website and domains, litigations
Simpson Delmore Greene LLP 1 n/a wnd
Stokes Roberts & Wagner, ALC 1 n/a All
The Maxham Firm 1 n/a Patent, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets.
The Trademark Group 1 2 Trademarks
Achtel Law Firm n/a n/a n/a
Bellon & Lisiecki LLP n/a n/a n/a
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP n/a n/a n/a
Branton & Wilson APC n/a n/a n/a
Burkhardt & Larson n/a n/a n/a
Cozen O'Connor n/a n/a n/a
Daley & Heft LLP n/a n/a n/a
Duke Gerstel Shearer LLP n/a n/a n/a
Epsten Grinnell & Howell APC n/a n/a n/a
Feist, Vetter, Knauf & Loy n/a n/a n/a
Fredrickson, Mazeika & Grant LLP n/a n/a n/a
Goodwin Proctor, LLP n/a n/a n/a
Greenman, Lacy, Klein, O'Harra & Heffron Attorneys At Law n/a n/a n/a
Grimm, Vranjes McCormick & Graham LLP n/a n/a n/a
Hinchy, Witte, Wood & Anderson, LLP n/a n/a n/a
Kaye, Rose & Partners, LLP n/a n/a n/a
Kirby and McGuinn APC n/a n/a n/a
Kolodny and Pressman APC n/a n/a n/a
LaFave and Rice Attorneys at Law n/a n/a n/a
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP n/a n/a n/a
Liebman Quigley Sheppard & Soulema APLC n/a n/a n/a
Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak LLP n/a n/a n/a
Marks, Golia & Finch, LLP n/a n/a n/a
Milberg & DePhillips n/a n/a n/a
Mulvaney, Kahan & Barry LLP n/a n/a n/a
Naumann, Levine & SIlldorf, LLP n/a n/a n/a
Post Kirby Noonan & Sweat LLP n/a n/a n/a
Solomon, Ward, Seidenwurm and Smith LLP n/a n/a Bankruptcy & Insolvency; Business Litigation; Construction Law; Corporate & Business Law, Employment Law, International Law, Real Estate, Taxation, Securities Arbitrations & Compliance, Trusts & Estate Planning
Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz A.P.C. 0 0 Copyright, trademark, trade secret litigation
Tyson & Mendes LLP n/a n/a n/a
Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Brower, APC n/a n/a n/a
Winet, Patrick & Weaver n/a n/a n/a
Worden Williams APC n/a n/a n/a