IPO represents the interests of all owners 0
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (“IPO”) submits this brief as amicus curiae pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 29 and Rule 29 of this Court to address the six questions set forth by this Court in its April 26, 2010 Order in this matter.
That Order provides that amicus briefs may be filed without leave of court. IPO is a trade association representing companies and individuals in all industries and fields of technology who own or are interested in U.S. intellectual property rights. IPO’s membership includes more than 200 companies and a total of over 11,000 individuals who are involved in the association either through their companies or as inventor, author, executive, law firm, or attorney members.
Founded in 1972, IPO represents the interests of all owners of intellectual property. IPO members receive about thirty percent of the patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to U.S. nationals. IPO regularly represents the interests of its members before Congress and the USPTO and has filed amicus curiae briefs in this Court and other courts on significant issues of intellectual property law. The members of IPO’s Board of Directors, which approved the filing of this brief, are listed in the Appendix.