Most-Cited IP Law Articles Published in the Last 10 Years

Guest Post by Ted Sichelman, University of San Diego School of Law 

(A description of the methodology used to construct these lists follows the tables.)

Intellectual Property (All) (2005-2009) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	423	Lemley, Mark A.	Property, Intellectual Property, and Free Riding [article]	83 Tex L. Rev. 1031 (2005)
2	322	Lemley, Mark A.; Shapiro, Carl	Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking [article]	85 Tex. L. Rev. 1991 (2007)
3	232	Frischman, Brett M.; Lemley, Mark A.	Spillovers [comments]	107 Colum. L. Rev. 257 (2007)
4	195	Gibson, James	Risk Aversion and Rights Accretion in Intellectual Property Law [article]	116 Yale L.J. 882 (2007)
5	181	Raustiala, Kal; Sprigman, Christopher	Piracy and Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design, The [article]	92 Va. L. Rev. 1687 (2006)
6	176	Beebe, Barton	Empirical Study of U.S. Copyright Fair Use Opinions, 1978-2005, An [article]	156 U. Pa. L. Rev. 549 (2008)
7	162	McKenna, Mark P.	Normative Foundations of Trademark Law, The [article]	82 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1839 (2007)
8	147	Parchomovsky, Gideon; Wagner, R. Polk	Patent Portfolios [article]	154 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1 (2005)
9	144	Samuelson, Pamela	Unbundling Fair Uses [article]	77 Fordham L. Rev. 2537 (2009)
10	139	Moore, Kimberly A.	Markman Eight Years Later: Is Claim Construction More Predictable [article]	9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 231 (2005)
11	138	Schwartz, David L.	Practice Makes Perfect - An Empirical Study of Claim Construction Reversal Rates in Patent Cases [article]	107 Mich. L. Rev. 223 (2008)
11	138	Smith, Henry E.	Intellectual Property as Property: Delineating Entitlements in Information [article]	116 Yale L.J. 1742 (2007)
13	133	Golden, John M.	Patent Trolls and Patent Remedies [comments]	85 Tex. L. Rev. 2111 (2007)
14	130	Beebe, Barton	Empirical Study of the Multifactor Tests for Trademark Infringement, An [article]	94 Cal. L. Rev. 1581 (2006)
15	124	Hemphill, C. Scott	Paying for Delay: Pharmaceutical Patent Settlement as a Regulatory Design Problem [article]	81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1553 (2006)
17	123	Nard, Craig Allen; Duffy, John F.	Rethinking Patent Law's Uniformity Principle [article]	101 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1619 (2007)
16	121	Lemley, Mark A.; Weiser, Philip J.	Should Property or Liability Rules Govern Information [article]	85 Tex. L. Rev. 783 (2007)
17	115	Lichtman, Doug; Lemley, Mark A.	Rethinking Patent Law's Presumption of Validity [article]	60 Stan. L. Rev. 45 (2007)
17	115	Dogan, Stacey L.; Lemley, Mark A.	Merchandising Right: Fragile Theory or Fait Accompli, The [article]	54 Emory L.J. 461 (2005)
19	113	Benjamin, Stuart Minor; Rai, Arti K.	Who's Afraid of the APA - What the Patent System Can Learn from Administrative Law [article]	95 Geo. L.J. 269 (2007)
19	113	Sunder, Madhavi	IP3 [article]	59 Stan. L. Rev. 257 (2006)
21	111	Samuelson, Pamela; Wheatland, Tara	Statutory Damages in Copyright Law: A Remedy in Need of Reform [article]	51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 439 (2009)
22	110	Goldman, Eric	Deregulating Relevancy in Internet Trademark Law [article]	54 Emory L.J. 507 (2005)
23	107	McDonough, James F, III	Myth of the Patent Troll: An Alternative View of the Function of Patent Dealers in an Idea Economy, The [comments]	56 Emory L.J. 189 (2006)
24	106	Bone, Robert G.	Hunting Goodwill: A History of the Concept of Goodwill in Trademark Law [article]	86 B.U. L. Rev. 547 (2006)
25	103	Graham, Stuart J.H.; Merges, Robert P.; Samuelson, Pam; Sichelman, Ted	High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey [article]	24 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1255 (2009)
25	103	Balganesh, Shyamkrishna	Foreseeability and Copyright Incentives [article]	122 Harv. L. Rev. 1569 (2009)

Intellectual Property (All) (2010-2014) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	106	Sichelman, Ted	Commercializing Patents [article]	62 Stan. L. Rev. 341 (2010)
2	96	Lemley, Mark A.; Risch, Michael; Sichelman, Ted; Wagner, R. Polk	Life after Bilski [article]	63 Stan. L. Rev. 1315 (2011)
3	90	Chien, Collen V.; Lemley, Mark A.	Patent Holdup, the ITC, and the Public Interest [article]	98 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (2012)
4	86	Chien, Colleen V.	From Arms Race to Marketplace: The Complex Patent Ecosystem and Its Implications for the Patent System [article]	62 Hastings L.J. 297 (2010)
5	76	Lemley, Mark A.; McKenna, Mark	Irrelevant Confusion [article]	62 Stan. L. Rev. 413 (2010)
6	75	Lemley, Mark A.	Myth of the Sole Inventor, The [article]	110 Mich. L. Rev. 709 (2012)
7	74	Allison, John R.; Lemley, Mark A.; Walker, Joshua	Patent Quality and Settlement among Repeat Patent Litigants [article]	99 Geo. L.J. 677 (2011)
8	72	Beebe, Barton	Intellectual Property Law and the Sumptuary Code [article]	123 Harv. L. Rev. 809 (2010)
9	71	Golden, John M.	Principles for Patent Remedies [article]	88 Tex. L. Rev. 505 (2010)
10	70	Tushnet, Rebecca	Worth a Thousand Words: The Images of Copyright [article]	125 Harv. L. Rev. 683 (2012)
11	69	Lee, Peter	Patent Law and the Two Cultures [article]	120 Yale L. J. 2 (2010)
12	66	Abramowicz, Michael; Duffy, John F.	Inducement Standard of Patentability, The [article]	120 Yale L. J. 1590 (2011)
13	64	Lemley, Mark A.; Melamed, Douglas A.	Missing the Forest for the Trolls [article]	113 Colum. L. Rev. 2117 (2013)
14	62	Madison, Michael J.; Frischmann, Brett M.; Strandburg, Katherine J.	Constructing Commons in the Cultural Environment [article]	95 Cornell L. Rev. 657 (2010)
15	61	Risch, Michael	Patent Troll Myths [article]	42 Seton Hall L. Rev. 457 (2012)
16	60	Perzanowski, Aaron; Schultz, Jason	Digital Exhaustion [article]	58 UCLA L. Rev. 889 (2011)
17	58	Netanel, Neil Weinstock	Making Sense of Fair Use [article]	15 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 715 (2011)
18	57	Epstein, Richard A.	Disintegration of Intellectual Property - A Classical Liberal Response to a Premature Obituary, The [article]	62 Stan. L. Rev. 455 (2010)
18	57	Nard, Craig Allen	Legal Forms and the Common Law of Patents [article]	90 B.U. L. Rev. 51 (2010)
20	56	Bridy, Annemarie	Coding Creativity: Copyright and the Artificially Intelligent Author [article]	2012 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2012)
21	55	Gergen, Mark P.; Golden, John M.; Smith, Henry E	Supreme Court's Accidental Revolution - The Test for Permanent Injunctions, The [article]	112 Colum. L. Rev. 203 (2012)
21	55	Samuelson, Pamela	Copyright Principles Project: Directions for Reform, The [article]	25 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1175 (2010)
21	55	Litman, Jessica	Real Copyright Reform [article]	96 Iowa L. Rev. 1 (2010)
24	54	Bessen, James; Meurer, Michael J.	Direct Costs from NPE Disputes, The [comments]	99 Cornell L. Rev. 387 (2014)
25	53	Pallante, Maria A.	Next Great Copyright Act, The [article]	36 Colum. J.L. & Arts 315 (2013)

Copyright (2005-2009) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	181	Raustiala, Kal; Sprigman, Christopher	Piracy and Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design, The [article]	92 Va. L. Rev. 1687 (2006)
2	176	Beebe, Barton	Empirical Study of U.S. Copyright Fair Use Opinions, 1978-2005, An [article]	156 U. Pa. L. Rev. 549 (2008)
3	144	Samuelson, Pamela	Unbundling Fair Uses [article]	77 Fordham L. Rev. 2537 (2009)
4	111	Samuelson, Pamela; Wheatland, Tara	Statutory Damages in Copyright Law: A Remedy in Need of Reform [article]	51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 439 (2009)
5	103	Balganesh, Shyamkrishna	Foreseeability and Copyright Incentives [article]	122 Harv. L. Rev. 1569 (2009)
6	102	Litman, Jessica	Lawful Personal Use [article]	85 Tex. L. Rev. 1871 (2007)
7	99	Cohen, Julie E.	Creativity and Culture in Copyright Theory [article]	40 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1151 (2007)
8	98	Cohen, Julie E.	Place of the User in Copyright Law, The [contents]	74 Fordham L. Rev. 347 (2005)
8	98	Urban, Jennifer M.; Quilter, Laura	Efficient Process or Chilling Effects - Takedown Notices under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [comments]	22 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 621 (2006)
10	94	Carroll, Michael W.	Fixing Fair Use [article]	85 N.C. L. Rev. 1087 (2007)
11	87	Van Houweling, Molly Shaffer	Distributive Values in Copyright [article]	83 Tex L. Rev. 1535 (2005)
12	83	Arewa, Olufunmilayo B.	From J.C. Bach to Hip Hop: Musical Borrowing, Copyright and Cultural Context [article]	84 N.C. L. Rev. 547 (2006)
13	82	Kwall, Roberta Rosenthal	Inspiration and Innovation: The Intrinsic Dimension of the Artistic Soul [article]	81 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1945 (2006)
14	81	Parchomovsky, Gideon; Goldman, Kevin A.	Fair Use Harbors [comments]	93 Va. L. Rev. 1483 (2007)
14	81	Hemphill, C. Scott; Suk, Jeannie	Law, Culture, and Economics of Fashion, The [article]	61 Stan. L. Rev. 1147 (2009)
14	81	Van Houweling, Molly Shaffer	New Servitudes, The [article]	96 Geo. L.J. 885 (2008)
17	80	Oliar, Dotan; Sprigman, Christopher	There's No Free Laugh (Anymore): The Emergence of Intellectual Property Norms and the Transformation of Stand-Up Comedy [article]	94 Va. L. Rev. 1787 (2008)
18	75	Elkin-Koren, Niva	What Contracts Cannot Do: The Limits of Private Ordering in Facilitating a Creative Commons [comments]	74 Fordham L. Rev. 375 (2005)
19	72	Lee, Edward	Warming up to User-Generated Content [article]	2008 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1459 (2008)
20	71	Tehranian, John	Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap [comments]	2007 Utah L. Rev. 537 (2007)
20	71	Tushnet, Rebecca	Economies of Desire: Fair Use and Marketplace Assumption [article]	51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 513 (2009)

Copyright (2010-2014) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	70	Tushnet, Rebecca	Worth a Thousand Words: The Images of Copyright [article]	125 Harv. L. Rev. 683 (2012)
2	60	Perzanowski, Aaron; Schultz, Jason	Digital Exhaustion [article]	58 UCLA L. Rev. 889 (2011)
3	58	Netanel, Neil Weinstock	Making Sense of Fair Use [article]	15 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 715 (2011)
4	56	Bridy, Annemarie	Coding Creativity: Copyright and the Artificially Intelligent Author [article]	2012 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2012)
5	55	Samuelson, Pamela	Copyright Principles Project: Directions for Reform, The [article]	25 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1175 (2010)
5	55	Litman, Jessica	Real Copyright Reform [article]	96 Iowa L. Rev. 1 (2010)
7	53	Pallante, Maria A.	Next Great Copyright Act, The [article]	36 Colum. J.L. & Arts 315 (2013)
8	51	Yu, Peter K.	Graduated Response, The [article]	62 Fla. L. Rev. 1373 (2010)
9	43	Seltzer, Wendy	Free Speech Unmoored in Copyright's Safe Harbor: Chilling Effects of the DMCA on the First Amendment [article]	24 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 171 (2010)
10	38	Bridy, Annemarie	Graduated Response and the Turn to Private Ordering in Online Copyright Enforcement [article]	89 Or. L. Rev. 81 (2010)
10	38	Buccafusco, Christopher; Sprigman, Christopher Jon	Creativity Effect, The [article]	78 U. Chi. L. Rev. 31 (2011)
10	38	Sag, Matthew	Predicting Fair Use [article]	73 Ohio St. L.J. 47 (2012)
10	38	Zimmerman, Diane Leenheer	Copyrights as Incentives: Did We Just Imagine That [article]	12 Theoretical Inq. L. 29 (2011)
14	37	Bridy, Annemarie	Is Online Copyright Enforcement Scalable [article]	13 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 695 (2011)
15	35	Rothman, Jennifer E.	Liberating Copyright: Thinking beyond Free Speech [article]	95 Cornell L. Rev. 463 (2010)
16	34	Samuelson, Pamela	Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace [article]	94 Minn. L. Rev. 1308 (2010)
17	33	Van Houweling, Molly Shaffer	Author Autonomy and Atomism in Copyright Law [article]	96 Va. L. Rev. 549 (2010)
18	32	Fagundes, David	Property Rhetoric and the Public Domain [article]	94 Minn. L. Rev. 652 (2010)
19	31	Carver, Brian W.	Why License Agreements Do Not Control Copy Ownership: First Sales and Essential Copies [article]	25 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1887 (2010)
20	29	Lee, Edward	Technological Fair Use [article]	83 S. Cal. L. Rev. 797 (2010)
20	29	Carrier, Michael A.	Copyright and Innovation: The Untold Story [article]	2012 Wis. L. Rev. 891 (2012)
20	29	Ginsburg, Jane C.	U.S. Experience with Mandatory Copyright Formalities: A Love/Hate Relationship, The [article]	33 Colum. J.L. & Arts 311 (2010)

Patent (2005-2009) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	423	Lemley, Mark A.	Property, Intellectual Property, and Free Riding [article]	83 Tex L. Rev. 1031 (2005)
2	322	Lemley, Mark A.; Shapiro, Carl	Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking [article]	85 Tex. L. Rev. 1991 (2007)
3	147	Parchomovsky, Gideon; Wagner, R. Polk	Patent Portfolios [article]	154 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1 (2005)
4	139	Moore, Kimberly A.	Markman Eight Years Later: Is Claim Construction More Predictable [article]	9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 231 (2005)
5	138	Schwartz, David L.	Practice Makes Perfect - An Empirical Study of Claim Construction Reversal Rates in Patent Cases [article]	107 Mich. L. Rev. 223 (2008)
6	133	Golden, John M.	Patent Trolls and Patent Remedies [comments]	85 Tex. L. Rev. 2111 (2007)
7	124	Hemphill, C. Scott	Paying for Delay: Pharmaceutical Patent Settlement as a Regulatory Design Problem [article]	81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1553 (2006)
8	123	Nard, Craig Allen; Duffy, John F.	Rethinking Patent Law's Uniformity Principle [article]	101 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1619 (2007)
9	115	Lichtman, Doug; Lemley, Mark A.	Rethinking Patent Law's Presumption of Validity [article]	60 Stan. L. Rev. 45 (2007)
10	113	Benjamin, Stuart Minor; Rai, Arti K.	Who's Afraid of the APA - What the Patent System Can Learn from Administrative Law [article]	95 Geo. L.J. 269 (2007)
11	107	McDonough, James F, III	Myth of the Patent Troll: An Alternative View of the Function of Patent Dealers in an Idea Economy, The [comments]	56 Emory L.J. 189 (2006)
12	103	Graham, Stuart J.H.; Merges, Robert P.; Samuelson, Pam; Sichelman, Ted	High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey [article]	24 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1255 (2009)
13	98	Mann, Ronald J.	Do Patents Facilitate Financing in the Software Industry [article]	83 Tex L. Rev. 961 (2005)
14	94	Holbrook, Timothy R.	Possession in Patent Law [article]	59 S.M.U. L. Rev. 123 (2006)
14	94	Lemley, Mark A.	Ignoring Patents [article]	2008 Mich. St. L. Rev. 19 (2008)
16	91	Lemley, Mark A.	Are Universities Patent Trolls [article]	18 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 611 (2008)
16	91	Chien, Colleen V.	Of Trolls, Davids, Goliaths, and Kings: Narratives and Evidence in the Litigation of High-Tech Patents [article]	87 N.C. L. Rev. 1571 (2009)
16	91	Mossoff, Adam	Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought about Patents - Reevaluating the Patent Privilege in Historical Context [article]	92 Cornell L. Rev. 953 (2007)
19	88	Fromer, Jeanne C.	Patent Disclosure [article]	94 Iowa L. Rev. 539 (2009)
20	87	Cotropia, Christopher A.; Lemley, Mark A.	Copying in Patent Law [article]	87 N.C. L. Rev. 1421 (2009)
20	87	Kesan, Jay P.; Ball, Gwendolyn G.	How Are Patent Cases Resolved - An Empirical Examination of the Adjudication and Settlement of Patent Disputes [article]	84 Wash. U. L. Rev. 237 (2006)

Patent (2010-2014) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	106	Sichelman, Ted	Commercializing Patents [article]	62 Stan. L. Rev. 341 (2010)
2	96	Lemley, Mark A.; Risch, Michael; Sichelman, Ted; Wagner, R. Polk	Life after Bilski [article]	63 Stan. L. Rev. 1315 (2011)
3	90	Chien, Collen V.; Lemley, Mark A.	Patent Holdup, the ITC, and the Public Interest [article]	98 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (2012)
4	86	Chien, Colleen V.	From Arms Race to Marketplace: The Complex Patent Ecosystem and Its Implications for the Patent System [article]	62 Hastings L.J. 297 (2010)
5	75	Lemley, Mark A.	Myth of the Sole Inventor, The [article]	110 Mich. L. Rev. 709 (2012)
6	74	Allison, John R.; Lemley, Mark A.; Walker, Joshua	Patent Quality and Settlement among Repeat Patent Litigants [article]	99 Geo. L.J. 677 (2011)
8	71	Golden, John M.	Principles for Patent Remedies [article]	88 Tex. L. Rev. 505 (2010)
8	69	Lee, Peter	Patent Law and the Two Cultures [article]	120 Yale L. J. 2 (2010)
9	66	Abramowicz, Michael; Duffy, John F.	Inducement Standard of Patentability, The [article]	120 Yale L. J. 1590 (2011)
10	64	Lemley, Mark A.; Melamed, Douglas A.	Missing the Forest for the Trolls [article]	113 Colum. L. Rev. 2117 (2013)
11	61	Risch, Michael	Patent Troll Myths [article]	42 Seton Hall L. Rev. 457 (2012)
12	57	Nard, Craig Allen	Legal Forms and the Common Law of Patents [article]	90 B.U. L. Rev. 51 (2010)
13	55	Gergen, Mark P.; Golden, John M.; Smith, Henry E	Supreme Court's Accidental Revolution - The Test for Permanent Injunctions, The [article]	112 Colum. L. Rev. 203 (2012)
14	54	Bessen, James; Meurer, Michael J.	Direct Costs from NPE Disputes, The [comments]	99 Cornell L. Rev. 387 (2014)
15	52	Feldman, Robin; Ewing, Tom	Giants among Us, The [article]	2012 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2012)
16	49	Menell, Peter S.	Forty Years of Wondering in the Wilderness and No Closer to the Promised Land: Bilski's Superficial Textualism and the Missed Opportunity to Return Patent Law to Its Technology Mooring [article]	63 Stan. L. Rev. 1289 (2011)
17	48	Shrestha, Sannu	Trolls or Market-Makers - An Empirical Analysis of Nonpracticing Entities [notes]	110 Colum. L. Rev. 114 (2010)
18	44	Durie, Daralyn J.; Lemley, Mark A.	Structured Approach to Calculating Reasonable Royalties, A [article]	14 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 627 (2010)
19	43	Fromer, Jeanne C.	Patentography [article]	85 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1444 (2010)
20	40	Seymore, Sean B.	Teaching Function of Patents, The [article]	85 Notre Dame L. Rev. 621 (2010)
20	40	Gugliuzza, Paul R.	Rethinking Federal Circuit Jurisdiction [article]	100 Geo. L.J. 1437 (2012)

Trademark (2005-2009) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	162	McKenna, Mark P.	Normative Foundations of Trademark Law, The [article]	82 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1839 (2007)
2	130	Beebe, Barton	Empirical Study of the Multifactor Tests for Trademark Infringement, An [article]	94 Cal. L. Rev. 1581 (2006)
3	115	Dogan, Stacey L.; Lemley, Mark A.	Merchandising Right: Fragile Theory or Fait Accompli, The [article]	54 Emory L.J. 461 (2005)
4	110	Goldman, Eric	Deregulating Relevancy in Internet Trademark Law [article]	54 Emory L.J. 507 (2005)
5	106	Bone, Robert G.	Hunting Goodwill: A History of the Concept of Goodwill in Trademark Law [article]	86 B.U. L. Rev. 547 (2006)
6	104	Tushnet, Rebecca	Gone in Sixty Milliseconds: Trademark Law and Cognitive Science [article]	86 Tex. L. Rev. 507 (2008)
7	94	Dogan, Stacey L.; Lemley, Mark A.	What the Right of Publicity Can Learn from Trademark Law [article]	58 Stan. L. Rev. 1161 (2006)
8	92	Dinwoodie, Graeme B.; Janis, Mark D.	Confusion over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law [article]	92 Iowa L. Rev. 1597 (2007)
9	88	Rothman, Jennifer E.	Initial Interest Confusion: Standing at the Crossroads of Trademark Law [article]	27 Cardozo L. Rev. 105 (2005)
10	84	Dogan, Stacey L.; Lemley, Mark A.	Grounding Trademark Law through Trademark Use [article]	92 Iowa L. Rev. 1669 (2007)
11	73	Long, Clarisa	Dilution [article]	106 Colum. L. Rev. 1029 (2006)
12	81	McGeveran, William	Rethinking Trademark Fair Use [article]	94 Iowa L. Rev. 49 (2008)
13	72	Barrett, Margreth	Internet Trademark Suits and the Demise of Trademark Use [article]	39 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 371 (2006)
14	58	Beebe, Barton	Search and Persuasion in Trademark Law [comments]	103 Mich. L. Rev. 2020 (2005)
15	52	Desai, Deven R.; Rierson, Sandra L.	Confronting the Genericism Conundrum [article]	28 Cardozo L. Rev. 1789 (2007)
16	51	Beebe, Barton	Defense of the New Federal Trademark Antidilution Law, A [comments]	16 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 1143 (2006)
17	47	Ramsey, Lisa P.	Increasing First Amendment Scrutiny of Trademark Law [article]	61 S.M.U. L. Rev. 381 (2008)
18	46	Heymann, Laura A.	Birth of the Authornym: Authorship, Pseudonymity, and Trademark Law, The [article]	80 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1377 (2005)
19	44	Port, Kenneth L.	Trademark Extortion: The End of Trademark Law [article]	65 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 585 (2008)
20	43	Fagundes, David	Crystals in the Public Domain [article]	50 B.C. L. Rev. 139 (2009)

Trademark (2010-2014) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	76	Lemley, Mark A.; McKenna, Mark	Irrelevant Confusion [article]	62 Stan. L. Rev. 413 (2010)
2	72	Beebe, Barton	Intellectual Property Law and the Sumptuary Code [article]	123 Harv. L. Rev. 809 (2010)
3	48	Lemley, Mark A.; McKenna, Mark	Owning Mark(et)s [article]	109 Mich. L. Rev. 137 (2010)
4	43	Grinvald, Leah Chan	Shaming Trademark Bullies [article]	2011 Wis. L. Rev. 625 (2011)
5	33	Tushnet, Rebecca	Running the Gamut from A to B: Federal Trademark and False Advertising Law [article]	159 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1305 (2011)
6	29	McKenna, Mark P.	Consumer Decision-Making Theory of Trademark Law, A [article]	98 Va. L. Rev. 67 (2012)
7	28	McKenna, Mark P.	(Dys)Functionality [article]	48 Hous. L. Rev. 823 (2011)
7	28	Gerhardt, Deborah R.	Consumer Investment in Trademarks [article]	88 N.C. L. Rev. 427 (2010)
9	26	Desai, Deven R.	From Trademarks to Brands [article]	64 Fla. L. Rev. 981 (2012)
9	26	Desai, Deven R.; Waller, Spencer	Brands, Competition, and the Law [article]	2010 BYU L. Rev. 1425 (2010)
9	26	Katyal, Sonia K.	Trademark Intersectionality [article]	57 UCLA L. Rev. 1601 (2010)
9	26	Lemley, Mark A.; McKenna, Mark	Is Pepsi Really a Substitute for Coke - Market Definition in Antitrust and IP [article]	100 Geo. L.J. 2055 (2012)

Trade Secret (2005-2009) 

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	78	Lemley, Mark A.	Surprising Virtues of Treating Trade Secrets as IP Rights, The [article]	61 Stan. L. Rev. 311 (2008)
2	40	Risch, Michael	Why Do We Have Trade Secrets [article]	11 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 1 (2007)
2	36	Levine, David S.	Secrecy and Unaccountability: Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure [article]	59 Fla. L. Rev. 135 (2007)
4	29	Samuelson, Pamela	Principles for Resolving Conflicts between Trade Secrets and the First Amendment [article]	58 Hastings L.J. 777 (2006)
5	26	Rustad, Michael L.	Negligent Enablement of Trade Secret Misappropriation, The [comments]	22 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 455 (2005)

International IP (2005-2009)

Rank	Cites	Author(s)	Title	Journal
1	113	Sunder, Madhavi	IP3 [article]	59 Stan. L. Rev. 257 (2006)
2	93	Kapczynski, Amy	Access to Knowledge Mobilization and the New Politics of Intellectual Property, The [article]	117 Yale L.J. 804 (2008)
3	90	Chon, Margaret	Intellectual Property and the Development Divide [article]	27 Cardozo L. Rev. 2821 (2006)
4	71	Kapczynski, Amy	Addressing Global Health Inequalities: An open Licensing approach for University Innovations [article]	20 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1031 (2005)

I first performed a search in HeinOnline to retrieve all law journal articles published since 2005, ordered by citation count. (At my request, HeinOnline corrected a number of errors in order to return all such articles and report accurate citation counts. For this reason, several articles appear on this year’s lists that should have been on last year’s lists. I believe HeinOnline has corrected all material errors now, but if you believe an article should be on this list and is not, please email me at tsichelman@sandiego.edu.)

Then, I reviewed the title of the 1500 most-cited law review articles and the content of those articles that could plausibly be classified in the area of intellectual property law. I also reviewed all articles with at least 25 citations containing one or more of the following terms anywhere in the text: “intellectual property,” “copyright,” “copyrights,” “patent,” “patents,” “trademark,” “trademarks,” “trade secret,” and “trade secrets.” I excluded articles primarily in cyberlaw, privacy, media law, antitrust, communications law, and other tangentially related subjects. Of course, some of these determinations required judgment, but no more than a few of the articles were close calls in my view.

For the separate periods 2005-2009 and 2010-2014 (there were no articles published in 2015 or 2016 that would have made any of the lists), I constructed tables of the top 25 most-cited articles in IP, and up to the top 20 most-cited articles in the sub-fields (some sub-fields had fewer than 20 articles with at least 25 citations). However, I only included the top 5 most-cited articles in international IP, although I will expand this list next year. Moreover, there were no trade secret articles with more than 25 citations published since 2010, and there was only one international IP article with more than 25 citations, so I did not include these sub-fields for 2010-2014.

Note that the citation counts only reflect citations to published law review articles, and not books, cases, practitioner materials, unpublished articles, non-law articles, and other sources. As a check, I ran about ten articles through Lexis and generally found the citation counts on HeinOnline were within 15% of article-specific citation counts tabulated in Lexis’s “Law Review and Journals” category, so it does not appear that the rankings would change much using Lexis or similar databases. Last, I only report total citations, which biases the rankings towards older articles. However, I will continue to update this list annually, so more recent articles that are highly cited will appear in later iterations. Again, if you believe an article should be included, please let me know (tsichelman@sandiego.edu), and I’ll do my best to promptly make any deserving corrections.