Georgia Takes Aim at Becoming a Global Intellectual Property Leader

The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property (Michelson IP) is proud to announce a partnership with the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (GIPA) designed to enhance intellectual property education and awareness across the Peach State. Georgia currently ranks tenth in the country in patents awarded by the United States Patent Office.

As part of the collaboration, Michelson IP will provide GIPA access to its extensive portfolio of open educational resources – developed to enhance IP education. The organizations will coordinate to incorporate these IP assets into the curricula of select Georgia K-12 schools and educational programs in order to advance the shared goals of fueling innovation and entrepreneurship, driving economic opportunities.

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Gratitude to the Georgia Chamber for hosting USPTO Feb. 25, 2019

Gratitude! For convening the outstanding Feb. 25, 2019 event Driving American Innovation at Georgia State College of Law, in concert with the US Chamber, AIPLA, GIPC and other outstanding partners. The event brought together members of Congress , USPTO Director Andrei Iancu, leaders from American technology & entertainment industry leaders, law firms, independent inventors and academics at Georgia State College of Law. GIPA celebrates this opportunity to bring together ecosystem partners in Georgia, and we look forward to future events with the Georgia Chamber and many other IP ecosystem leaders.

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Barry Brager
The Case for GIPA: White Paper Publishes

No global region has more potential to move imagination & creativity forward – from idea to market, for the benefit of society – more efficiently and cost-effectively than Georgia. Now is the time to balance Georgia’s growing business climate and creative ecosystem, via a new IP alliance, to maximize value from generating, protecting, enabling & monetizing intellectual property for outstanding success from innovation. Result metrics include a calendar of visible projects and time-to-market success stories.

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Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (GIPA) Launched

The newly formed Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (GIPA) has announced its formal launch as a nonprofit organization (501c3). GIPA has been established to serve Georgia by establishing a better model for creating, protecting and enabling intellectual property (IP). IP, consisting of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, drives society forward. GIPA will serve as the umbrella organization for an efficient ecosystem of partners, all focused on accelerating the market launch of ideas that serve the common good.

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