Georgia State University College of Law in New Collaboration with the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance Starting in 2019
October 15, 2018: Georgia State University College of Law is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (GIPA), set to begin in 2019.
For more than a decade, the College of Law has worked with its Intellectual Property Advisory Board (IPAB), a group of dedicated alumni and friends that make up the intellectual property community in Atlanta, to build a first-class program in intellectual property law at GSU. These efforts have resulted in cutting-edge curriculum, a new Center for Intellectual Property, and a wealth of opportunities for students interested in IP law that are unique to GSU. GSU and IPAB also created numerous programs for the benefit of the intellectual property community more broadly, including nationally-recognized workshops, conferences, awards, and events. Because of the enormous success of these programs, they have grown dramatically in number and scope over time, challenging the College of Law’s ability to administer them independently.
Beginning in 2019, the College of Law will be handing over the existing community-oriented intellectual property programming to GIPA, including the Corporate IP Institute, the IP Springposium, IP Legends Awards, IP Think Tank, Corporate IP Roundtable, Charitable IP Golf Tournament, Patent Agent Roundtable, IP Community Service Awards, Intellectual Property Professionals and Practitioners, and the Southeast IP Job Fair. The College of Law will still team up with GIPA on these programs to advance GIPA’s goal for Atlanta, Georgia to become the national and international capital of intellectual property in both education and practice.
As a thought leader and convener in this field, GIPA is ideally situated to take ownership of the community programming to advance intellectual property broadly and to educate diverse audiences on developing issues in this area. GIPA also has the unique advantage of bringing together attorneys, inventors, artists, educators, business executives, and legislators under one umbrella group to advance the interests of intellectual property on a unified footing.
“The College of Law will continue as a valued partner in all programming and looks forward to supporting GIPA’s leadership throughout the transition, “stated Wendy Hensel, Dean of Georgia State University College of Law. “We’re excited and honored to build on the success of Georgia State University’s amazing community-oriented intellectual programs as we partner with GSU and the rest of the Georgia IP ecosystem to take them to the next level”, added Scott Frank, Chair of GIPA.