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| Formation | 1922 |
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| Type | Legal Society |
| Headquarters | Garden City, New York [1] |
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President | Robert J. Rando (2023–24) [2] |
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| Website | www |
The New York Intellectual Property Law Association, also known as NYIPLA, is a professional association composed primarily of experienced lawyers interested in intellectual property law. NYIPLA has a membership base of more than 1,500 intellectual property attorneys, practicing throughout the United States and abroad. [3]
NYIPLA was established on March 7, 1922, as the New York Patent Law Association (NYPLA), by a vote of the Committee on Patents and Trademarks of the New York County Lawyers Association. [4]
The stated purposes of NYIPLA currently include promoting "development and administration of intellectual property interests," educating the public and the intellectual property bar in the law of intellectual property, and working with foreign associations to harmonize laws for the protection of intellectual property. [3]
The membership of NYIPLA primarily comprises lawyers who have been "admitted to practice 3 or more years in any state or territory of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, interested in intellectual property law, of good character and in good standing." [5]
NYIPLA members include lawyers in private, corporate, and government practice, including specialized and general law firms of all sizes, as well as a variety of fields of industry. [6] Members of the judiciary are considered honorary members by virtue of their office. [6] Full membership is geographically limited to individuals who live or work within the jurisdiction of the Second Circuit (New York, Connecticut, and Vermont) or in New Jersey. [5]
NYIPLA's first Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary was held on December 6, 1922 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. [4] The event has been held annually for over 90 years. [3] The black-tie event, where lawyers mingle with judges, colleagues, and clients, has been called "the social high point of the year for patent attorneys," and has come to be nicknamed the "Patent Prom." [7] [8]
In addition to the dinner, sponsoring law firms provide hospitality suites for pre-party and post-party celebrations. [8] According to a marketing manager for the Waldorf-Astoria, it is that hotel's largest black-tie event of the year. [9] In 2010, about 3,000 patent lawyers and guests attended the dinner, along with 125 federal judges. [9]
Each year since 1987, NYIPLA has presented an Inventor of the Year Award to an inventor or group of inventors. [10]
Since 2003, NYIPLA has also presented an annual Outstanding Public Service Award to one of its current or past members. [11] The first eleven recipients of the Outstanding Public Service Award have been members of the federal judiciary. [11]
The William C. Conner Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition was established by NYIPLA in 1999, to recognize exceptional papers submitted by law students on topics of intellectual property law. [12]
| Name | Organization | Year |
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| Dr. Eren Kurshan | Princeton University | 2024 |
| Dr. Andre S. Bachmann, Dr. Caleb P. Bupp, and Dr. Surender Rajasekaran | Michigan State University | 2023 |
| Dr. Steven Carlson | OptoDot | 2022 |
| Drs. Yancopoulos and Kyratsous | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2021 |
| Dr. Rajiv Joshi | IBM Thomas Watson Research Center | 2020 |
| Dr. Sharon Shacham | Karyopharm Therapeutics | 2019 |
| Dr. Michael Kass | NVIDIA | 2018 |
| Dr. Adrian Krainer | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 2017 |
| Dr. Thaddeus Prusik | Temptime Corp. | 2016 |
| Dr. Brian D'Andrade | Exponent, Inc. | 2015 |
| Drs. Sadelain and Brentjens | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | 2014 |
| Drs. Schuchman and Desnick | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 2013 |
| Dr. Radoslav Adzic | Brookhaven National Laboratory | 2012 |
| Dr. Rajiv Laroia | Qualcomm Flarion | 2011 |
| Barber, et. al. | High School Students | 2011 |
| Dr. Eric R. Fossum | Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth | 2010 |
| Dr. Sadeg M. Faris | Reveo | 2009 |
| Dr. James J. Wynne, Dr. Samuel E. Blum, and Dr. Rangaswamy Srinivasan | IBM | 2009 |
| Dr. Bernard S. Meyerson | IBM | 2008 |
| Dr. Pedro M. Buarque De Macedo | Catholic University of America | 2008 |
| Chang Yi Wang, Ph.D | United Biomedical | 2007 |
| Uzoh, et al. | IBM | 2006 |
| Dr. Leendert Dorst, Dr. Karen Trovato | Philips Electronics North America | 2005 |
| Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D | 2004 | |
| Dr. Jurg Zimmermann | Novartis | 2002 |
| Jay Walker | Priceline.com | 2000 |
| Dr. David C. Auth | Heart Technology, Inc. | 1994 |
| David T. Green | 1991 | |
| Dr. John E. Anderson | Union Carbide | 1989 |
| Dr. Jack Riseman | IBM | 1988 |
| Dr. Leo H. Sternbach | 1987 |
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