American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Approximately 63% of the regular members of AIPLA are in private practice, 33% of the regular members are in corporate practice, and the rest of the regular members are in the government or academia.

To become a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the applicant must be members in good standing of the Bar of a court of record of the United States or any State, the District of Columbia, or is registered to practice with the USPTO. Affiliate membership is available to IP Professionals, Technical Advisors, and Paralegals.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association publications include:

• AIPLA Quarterly Journal - a scholarly law journal published four times a year;
• AIPLA Bulletin - an overview of AIPLA meetings published electronically three times a year.

The organization also publishes meeting papers from the regularly scheduled conferences and nationwide seminars. Twice each year, the AIPLA publishes the Report of the Economic Survey which provides a benchmarking tool for compensation and charges in the intellectual property law field.

Members also have access to an online membership directory provided by the organizations.

Members are encouraged to take on leadership roles within the organization be joining committees including:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
• Antitrust Law
• Biotechnology
• Chemical Practice
• Copyright Law
• Corporate Practice
• Diversity in IP Law
• Education
• Electronic and Computer Law
• Emerging Technologies
• Food and Drug
• Industrial Designs
• International and Foreign Law
• International Education
• International Trade Commission
• IP Practice in China
• IP Practice in Europe
• IP Practice in Israel
• IP Practice in Japan
• IP Practice in Latin America
• IP Practice in the Far East
• Law Practice Management
• Law Students
• Licensing and Management of IP Assets
• Membership Committee
• Mentoring
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• New Lawyers
• Online Programs
• Patent Agents
• Patent Cooperation Treaty Issues
• Patent Law
• Patent Litigation
• Patent-Relations with the USPTO
• Professional Programs
• PTAB Trial
• Public Education
• Special Committee on Judges
• Standards and Open Source
• Trade Secret Law
• Trademark Internet
• Trademark Law
• Trademark Litigation
• Trademark Treaties and International Law
• Trademark-Relations with the USPTO
• Women in IP Law