Patent Associations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association - AIPLA
- Association of New York Intellectual Property Law -
NYIPLA
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la
Propriété Industrielle (AIPPI) - (International Association for the Protection of
Industrial Property, Internationale Vereinigung fr gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)
International non-governmental, non-profit organisation for the protection of intellectual
property such as patent law, trademark law, copyright, computer software, and protection
of integrated circuits, design and model law, plant variety protection, protection of
appellations of origin and geographic names, and unfair competition law.
- EPI - Institute of
Professional Representatives before the EPO All persons listed with the European
Patent Office (EPO) as professional representatives, i.e. European Patent Attorneys (EPA),
are members of EPI. The objects of epi are a) to collaborate with the European Patent
Organisation on matters relating to the patent profession and, in particular, on
disciplinary matters and on the European qualifying examination; b) to aid in the
dissemination of knowledge relevant to the work of epi members; c) to promote compliance
by epi members with a code of professional conduct; d) to liaise, as appropriate, with the
European Patent Organisation, and other bodies, on matters as they relate to intellectual
property.
- FICPI - Fédération Internationale des Conseils
en Propriété Industrielle (International Federation of Industrial Property
Attorneys) was created on September 1, 1906, as an association solely of industrial
property attorneys in private practice. In the various countries the members are organised
in national associations, national sections, or they are direct individual members
admitted to FICPI by decision of the Executive Committee of the Federation. FICPI offers
participation in congresses, open forums, seminars and other meeting activities.
- The Institute of Patentees and Inventors, a
non-profit making association of over 1,000 individual inventors and inventing companies.
It offers its members advice and guidance on all aspects of inventing from idea conception
to innovation and development. The Institute publishes a journal every quarter which
contains information regarding the Institutes activities and national news of interest to
the inventor.
- Intellectual Property Forum aims to raise
awareness of the role and importance of intellectual property (IP) in the UK economy and
improve the quality of debate about IP
- Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) is for
owners and all others who are interested in intellectual property rights. IPO is the only
association that represents the interests of all owners of intellectual property. IPO
differs from bar associations by focusing exclusively on protecting rights of ownership of
property. Although it has attorney members, IPO does not deal with issues relating to
private practice of law. IPO represents the broadest possible range of interests in
ownership:
- organizations and individuals
- manufacturers and parties to licenses and assignments
- people interested in patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets
- people interested in the United States and worldwide in all industries
The IPO DAILY NEWS is e-mailed to IPO
members Monday through Friday. It includes a mix of brief items on lawsuits, legislation,
inventions, and IPO association activities.
- International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
is a coalition formed in 1984 to represent the U.S. copyright-based industries -- films,
videos, recordings, music, business software, interactive entertainment software, books
and journals -- in bilateral and multilateral efforts to improve international protection
of copyrighted works.
- Institute of Patent and Trademark
Attorneys of Australia
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association in Japanese
- National Association of Patent Practitioners A new
association for patent practitioners open to both patent lawyers/agents and
inventors/individuals. Although the founding 19 members are all patent practitioners,
NAPP's membership is open to others who are interested in learning about patent law and
new technology. The founding members are most interested in bridging the "gap"
which has formed between inventors and patent practitioners. They hope to do this by
having the organization serve as a resource for information about the patent process and
new technology. NAPP aims to educate not only the practitioner but the individuals who
have a desire to learn more about the patent process. (Courtesy Greg Aharonian)
- The Patent Office Professional Association - POPA is
the professional labor organization for Patent Examiners providing information about the
United States Patent and Trademark Office from an employee perspective.
- Patent and Trademark Depository
Library Association (PTDLA) discovers the interests, needs, opinions, and goals of the
Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs), and to advise the United States Patent
and Trademark Office (PTO) in these matters for the benefit of PTDLs and their users, and
to assist the PTO in planning and implementing appropriate services.
- Patent and Trademark Group (PATMG) is a
Special Interest Group of the Institute of Information Scientists. It was formed as a
result of merging the Patent and Trademark Searchers Association with the Institute in
1978. Members are drawn from industry, patent agencies, freelance searching firms,
database producers and hosts, academic institutions, patent offices and libraries. The
group is based in the United Kingdom but membership is open to any interested individuals
from anywhere in the world.
- Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)
- PTDLA - Patent and Trademark
Depository Library Association
- WON - Dutch Patent Information Users Group
- Intellectual Property
Organisations - Listing compiled by James W Piper & Co., Auckland, NZ.
Last edited: April 2002 / Elyse Turner

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