AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION

American  Intellectual  Property  Law  Association.A  national  bar  association  of  lawyers  who

practice  patent, trademark,  copyright, trade-secret, and  unfair-competition law. • The association

was  formerly  known  as  the  American  Patent  Law Association.  Membership  is also  open  to  law

students who are interested in intellec-tual-property law. — Abbr. AIPLA. [Blacks Law 8th]