Publications

The history of the NYIPLA is replete with tongue-twisting acronyms. Back in 1981, the Association’s Bulletin was called the “The New York Patent Law Association Bulletin.” The September 1981 issue was identified as Volume 21, Number 1 – suggest­ing that the Bulletin of the Association was entering its 21st year of publication then.

In 1983, the Association’s name was changed to The New York Patent, Trade­mark and Copyright Law Association. Although that name aptly reflected the im­portant role that trademark and copyright lawyers brought, and continue to bring, to the table as members of our Association, the name was a bit cumbersome. Accord­ingly, the Board of Directors searched for an acronym, settling on “NYPTC” since that was considered “easier to say” than “NYPTCLA.” To see if you agree, try say­ing “NYPTC” three times fast!