Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.

Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C. stands as a comprehensive intellectual property law firm based in Austin, Texas with a broad national reach. Our team is made up of around 70 professionals—about 40 of whom are skilled attorneys and technical experts focused on the intricate fields of intellectual property procurement and management. We excel in areas including patent acquisition and enforcement, copyright protection, trademark registration, unfair competition cases and domain name strategies. Recognized for our excellence in patent prosecution by Intellectual Property Today (April 2011), we hold the prestigious rank of sixth among U.S. law firms for quality assurance combined with technological influence across patent work.Apart from this accolade,we are also proud to be listed ninth nationwide in information technology assistance while securing eleventh place across all sectors for producing top-tier patents according to Intellectual Asset Management/Ocean Tomo's "Kings of Quality" article (May/June 2011). Additionally ,we've earned recognition within the top forty U.S.firms regarding filed patent applications(Intellectual Property Today ,2011)and positioned ourselves within the upper echelon—ranked among the85 best law offices nationally—for trademark registrations issued during 2010 (Intellectual Property Today ,May 2011).