The Toledo Patent Law Association (TPLA) has recently been renamed the Toledo Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPLA). The TIPLA is a professional organization for intellectual property professionals and like-minded individuals in the Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan communities.
The stated objects of the TIPLA are:
To maintain a high standard of professional ethics in the practice of the profession of intellectual property and associated fields of law;
To aid in the development of the patent, trademark and copyright laws, the administration thereof, and the procedure in connection therewith by the Patent Office, the Courts or other office or tribunal charged therewith;
To take action concerning amendments to the patent, trademark, and copyright laws and the Rules of Practice of the Patent Office, and other office or tribunal charged with the administration of such laws;
To protect the administration of such laws against practice and practitioners tending to impose upon the public or otherwise to bring the patent, trademark or copyright systems into disrepute;
To provide a medium by which relations and exchanges of viewpoint may be had with persons and organizations having related interests in the fields of patents, trademarks and copyrights and with the public at large; and
To promote professional and social interaction among its members.
The TIPLA website may now be found at www.ToledoIPLA.org.
