New York Intellectual Property Law Association
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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]
History and purposes
[edit]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]
Membership
[edit]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]
Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary
[edit]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]
Awards presented
[edit]Each year since 1987, NYIPLA has presented an Inventor of the Year Award to an inventor or group of inventors, in recognition of the contribution of their invention towards society as a whole.[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 | Recognized for | Year |
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| Dr. Eren Kurshan | Princeton University | Recognized for multiple patents and published patent applications, including those issued in 2023:
US Patent No. 11,586,681, issued on Feb. 21, 2023, titled “System and Methods to Mitigate Adversarial Targeting Using Machine Learning”; US Patent No. 11,669,713, issued on June 6, 2023, titled “System and Method for Online Reconfiguration of a Neural Network System”; US Patent No. 11,777,990, issued on Oct. 3, 2023, titled “Machine Learning-Based Event Analysis for Customized Contract Generation and Negotiation in Enhanced Security Peer-to-Peer Interaction Applications”. |
2024 |
| Dr. Andre S. Bachmann, Dr. Caleb P. Bupp, and Dr. Surender Rajasekaran | Michigan State University | Recognized for their methods and compositions to prevent and treat disorders associated with mutations in the ODC1 gene. U.S. Patent No. 11,273,137 B2. | 2023 |
| Dr. Steven Carlson | OptoDot | Recognized for his dedication to pioneering safer separators using carbon material for lithium-ion batteries. His contributions lead to a reduced rate of hazardous conditions when implementing batteries into commonly used devices. | 2022 |
| Drs. Yancopoulos and Kyratsous | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Recognized for their important work applying Regeneron’s antibody discovery technologies in rapid response fashion to address the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an important investigational treatment for the novel coronavirus and shaping how drug developers will address future outbreaks. | 2021 |
| Dr. Rajiv Joshi | IBM Thomas Watson Research Center | Recognized for his pioneering work in advancing the electronic industry and improving artificial intelligence capabilities. | 2020 |
| Dr. Sharon Shacham | Karyopharm Therapeutics | Recognized for her significant research that led to the development of an oral cancer treatment, Selinexor | 2019 |
| Dr. Michael Kass | NVIDIA | Contributions to the field of computer graphics | 2018 |
| Dr. Adrian Krainer | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Inventor of U.S. Patent No. 8,980,853, recognized for his research that led to the first-ever drug for the treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in children and adults | 2017 |
| Dr. Thaddeus Prusik | Temptime Corp. | Contributions to the development of low-cost temperature history indicators for use with vaccines and other biologics | 2016 |
| Dr. Brian D'Andrade | Exponent, Inc. | Disclosures relating to the field of technologies and materials for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) | 2015 |
| Drs. Sadelain and Brentjens | Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center |
Disclosures relating to the design of chimeric antigen receptors, or CARs | 2014 |
| Drs. Schuchman and Desnick | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Work on Niemann-Pick Disease, leading to the discovery of the gene and subsequently the first genetic screening for the disease. Enzyme replacement therapy is currently under development in phase 2 clinical trials. | 2013 |
| Dr. Radoslav Adzic | Brookhaven National
Laboratory |
Extensive work in the field of nanocatalysts with reduced platinum loading for applications in hydrogen fuel cells | 2012 |
| Dr. Rajiv Laroia | Qualcomm Flarion | Pioneer work in the area of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) | 2011 |
| Barber, et. al. | High School Students | NYIPLA Young Innovators award for invention related to a Curb Climbing Wheelchair | 2011 |
| Dr. Eric R. Fossum | Thayer School of Engineering
at Dartmouth |
Extensive portfolio of patents related to CMOS pixel image sensors | 2010 |
| Dr. Sadeg M. Faris | Reveo | Lifetime contributions with over 200 patents spanning diverse fields of technology such as superconductivity, electro-optics, energy, water technologies, DNA sequencing and nanolithography | 2009 |
| Dr. James J. Wynne, Dr. Samuel E. Blum, and Dr. Rangaswamy Srinivasan | IBM | Significant invention in U.S. Patent No. 4,784,135 that led to the current success of LASIK and PRK laser vision correction procedures | 2009 |
| Dr. Bernard S. Meyerson | IBM | IBM Systems & Technology Group - groundbreaking research in Si/SiGe technology | 2008 |
| Dr. Pedro M. Buarque De Macedo | Catholic University of America | Research related to glass science resulting in variety of beneficial applications | 2008 |
| Chang Yi Wang, Ph.D | United Biomedical | Work in "UBITh Peptide Immunogens" | 2007 |
| Uzoh, et al. | IBM | U.S. Patent No. 6,709,562 – relating to copper interconnect technology for semiconductor integrated circuit chips | 2006 |
| Dr. Leendert Dorst
Dr. Karen Trovato |
Philips Electronics
North America |
Work was for Method and Apparatus for Path Planning | 2005 |
| Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D | 2004 | ||
| Dr. Jurg Zimmermann | Novartis | Inventor of the drug imatinib mesylate (STI-571), the active ingredient in anti cancer drug “Gleevec,” an oral treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) - Novartis | 2002 |
| Jay Walker | Priceline.com | Found priceline.com | 2000 |
| Dr. David C. Auth | Heart Technology, Inc. | Inventor of the ROTABLATOR® device | 1994 |
| David T. Green | 1991 | ||
| Dr. John E. Anderson | Union Carbide | 1989 | |
| Dr. Jack Riseman | IBM | 1988 | |
| Dr. Leo H. Sternbach | Inventor of LIBRIUM and VALIUM | 1987 |
External links
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References
[edit]- ^ "Executive Office". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). 2012.
- ^ a b "2014–2015 Board of Directors". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). Archived from the original on 2014-07-08.
- ^ a b c "About the NYIPLA". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-03-31.
- ^ a b Battersby, Gregory J.; Razzano, Pasquale A.; Tenser, Arthur S. (1997). "A Seventy-Five Year History of NYIPLA". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
- ^ a b "Application for Membership". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). Archived from the original on 2014-03-31.
- ^ a b "The New York Intellectual Property Law Association" (official website). Archived from the original on 2014-03-31.
- ^ Steeves, Rich (March 28, 2014). "NYIPLA hosts 92nd annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary". Inside Counsel. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29.
- ^ a b Rupan, Mahisha (November 5, 2009). "Postcard from... New York". The Lawyer. London, UK. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Bringardner, John (May 2010). "Dancing with the Stars". The American Lawyer.
- ^ "Inventor of the Year Award". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). Archived from the original on 2013-06-21.
- ^ a b "Outstanding Public Service". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). Archived from the original on 2014-04-01.
- ^ "Connor Writing Awards". New York Intellectual Property Law Association (official website). Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
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