Publications

My last column briefly touched upon the role that the National Council of IP Law Associations (“NCIPLA” and its predecessor “NCPLA,” also referred to as “the Council”) played in shaping IP reform legislation, notably the Patent Act of 1952.

Formed in 1934, just twelve years after our Association was born, the NCIPLA was envi­sioned from the start as a forum for informa­tion, discussion and debate about IP legislative initiatives of the day. Evidence that the NYIPLA was a proud member can be discerned from the notation at the bottom of the first page of each of our Association’s Greenbooks in prior decades: “MEMBER NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PAT­ENT LAW ASSOCIATIONS.”