Leadership Portal

Council Agenda Materials

• 2023 Section Annual Meeting Council Agenda Materials

ABA documents

• ABA Member Social Media Policy
• Policy on Awards 
• Policy on Review and Approval of Reports by ABA Entities
• The American Bar Association's Business Conduct Standards ("BCS")
• ABA Advocacy Guidelines October 2020
  

2023 Leadership Orientation Resources

Leadership Orientation

Best Practices for Committee Leaders

• Leadership Orientation (Power Point slide deck)
• Best Practices for Committee Leaders (Power Point slide deck)

Past Leadership Orientation Sessions

Section Comments 

• Comments to the Secretary of Commerce and the Interim Director of the USPTO on the PTAB Procedural Reform Initiative
  
• ABA-IPL Section Comments to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator on the 2019 Joint Strategic Plan
  
• Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative on intellectual property rights considerations during the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  
• Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative regarding its initiation of a Section 301 investigation into China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation
• Comments to the USPTO on Motion to Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings under the America Invents Act before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
• Patent Agent Evidentiary Privilege Report
• Proposed Copyright Law Reform Task Force Resolution on Pre-Suit Copyright Registration Rules
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Cosponsored resolutions

• 105 - 2018 Annual Meeting – selection of diverse neutrals
• 110 – 2018 Midyear Meeting – model provisions on electronic commerce
• 112 – 2016 Annual Meeting – incorporation by reference
• 100 – 2019 Midyear Meeting – guidelines on special masters

IPL Resolutions adopted by the ABA House of Delegates

2019 

• 104 – Midyear Meeting
• 110A – Annual Meeting
• 110B – Annual Meeting
• 110C – Annual Meeting

2018

• 101A – Midyear Meeting
• 101B – Midyear Meeting
• 117 – Annual Meeting

2017

• 111 – Midyear Meeting
• 114A – Annual Meeting
• 114C – Annual Meeting

2016

• 108A Midyear Meeting
• 108B Midyear Meeting
• 108A Annual Meeting
• 108B Annual Meeting
• 108C Annual Meeting
• 112 Annual Meeting

2015

None

2014 

None

Minutes of Committee Meetings

• September 22, 2015

Current Amicus Briefs Committee Report

• August, 2019

ABA-IPL Member Recruitment Toolkit

• ABA-IPL Member Orientation
• ABA-IPL Membership Flyer
• ABA-IPL Student Membership Flyer
• ABA-IPL International Membership Flyer
• Membership Dues Categories
• Group Membership Information
  

Future Meetings Calendar

10th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark Day with USPTO

September 2022
Location: TBD

2022 IP Fall Institute

October 2022
Location: Virtual 

125th Anniversary Research Files

• 1894 REPORTS OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 20180918-185449
  



• 1995 Trademark Dilution Testimony



• ABA Aug 1936 final 35 pages



• ABA Aug 1936



• ABA July 1935 final 3 pages



• ABA July 1935



• Baker 2001 Market Power and IP Litigation 11.08.01



• Baker testimony PTO Fee Restructuring 07.18.02



• Committee Reports of the Section



• Committee Reports of the Secttion-2



• CREATION OF PATENT LAW COMMITTEE 20180918-165422



• Ednund Wetmore Information



• First-inventor-to-file testimony Press Release April 2005



• FTDA Testimony 04.22.04



• John Kirk Testimony February-1997



• Koenigsberg Testimony American Inventors Act TESTIM-11



• LaFuze Testimony 2005 on patent quality improvement



• PATENT LAW CREATION 20180919-171625 longer excerpt from Annual Meeting proceedings



• Section of Patent Trademark-a



• Section of Patent Trademark-b



• Transactions of the Eighteen



• Transactions of the Forty Fourth



• Transactions of the Forty Second



• Transactions of the Twenty First



• Whitney North Seymour The Fir