The
Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA) is an association
of intellectual property attorneys, patent agents, and law students from
across the State of
Michigan
who are interested in patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other
intellectual property issues.
The purposes of the MIPLA,
as stated in the bylaws,
are:
- To promote the advancement of
industry, commerce and the fine and useful arts by the creation,
maintenance and improvement of intellectual property rights, including
patent, trademark and copyright
protection;
- To develop and disseminate
information concerning matters affecting and of interest to inventors,
manufacturers and the patent profession;
- To maintain a high ethical
standard among practitioners dealing with patent, trademark and
copyright matters;
- To foster good fellowship and to
promote communication among its members; and
- To consider and take appropriate action concerning matters
of mutual interest
The MIPLA started as the Michigan Patent Law Association and
was formed about 1913 by nine
Detroit
patent attorneys:
Stuart
Barnes
Otto Barthel
Edward Pagelson
Ralzemond Parker
Elliott Stoddard
Milton Tibbetts
Prescott Tulbert
James Whittemore
Laurence Whittemore
In 1994 the MIPLA was incorporated as a
Michigan
not-for-profit corporation. The MIPLA is now recognized by the Internal
Revenue Service as a 501(c)(6) professional organization. |
