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Transcript of NameProtect Q3-2006 Trademark Insider Report

In this issue:

Third Quarter 2006Third Quarter 2006

NameProtect Trademark InsiderNameProtect Trademark Insider

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

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2005Rank

YTD Rank Law Firm

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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

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