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Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Constitution
ARTICLE I - NAME
The name of this association shall be: “The
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, Incorporated,”
herein after called the “Association.”
ARTICLE II -
OBJECTS
Its objects shall be:
To promote a high
standard of ethics within the profession.
To aid, in the best
interest of the public welfare, in the preservation of the fundamental
principles of industrial property rights, and in the future development
of the patent, trademark, copyright and related unfair trade practices
laws, and their administration and interpretation in courts and
administrative agencies.
Generally, to consider and act upon
such other matters as may be of common interest to the profession,
its welfare, honor and dignity, and the best interest of the public which
it serves.
ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 1.
Membership. There shall be four classes of membership in the
Association: Life, Active, Associate and Student.
SECTION 2.
Life Members. Any member or former member of this Association of
ten (10) year or more who has achieved distinction by reason of either
professional service or service to the Association and who has retired
from the active practice of the law or as a patent attorney or patent
agent, may by the vote of the Board of Governors be elected a Life
Member. All Life Members shall be entitled to all privileges and shall be
exempt from payment of dues and assessments.
SECTION 3.
Active Members. Any lawyer admitted to practice in any state or
territory of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, interested
in patent, trademark or copyright law, or registered patent agent, of
good character and in good standing, and residing in Connecticut or
having a regular and established office in Connecticut, shall be eligible
for election to active membership. Active Members of this Association
in good standing shall have all the privileges of the
Association.
SECTION 4. Associate Members. Any lawyer
interested in patent, trademark or copyright law, or registered patent
agent, of good character and in good standing, and not residing in
Connecticut nor having a regular and established office in Connecticut,
or who shall be admitted to practice, but not in a state or territory of
the United States, or in the District of Columbia, shall be eligible for
election to associate membership. Associate Members shall have all
the privileges of the Association except those of voting and holding
office.
SECTION 5. Student Members. Persons who are not
lawyers, but are regularly enrolled as candidates for a professional law
degree in a law school approved by the Association of American Law
Schools and would be otherwise qualified for membership, if a member
of the Bar, shall be eligible for election to student membership.
Student Members shall have all the privileges of the Association
except those of voting and holding office. Upon termination of that
person's status as a law student and upon admission to the Bar, a
student member may request transfer to active or associate
membership.
SECTION 6. Transfer of Members. Whenever
any Associate Member shall change his office, lodging or dwelling in
such a way as to make him eligible for Active Membership, he shall,
upon his own written application, provided he be otherwise eligible for
Active Membership, be transferred by the Treasurer to the Active
Membership list and shall, within such time as the Treasurer may
prescribe, pay the difference between the then required admission fee
for Active Membership and any admission fee he may theretofore
have paid to the Association. Any Active Member who shall change his
office, lodging or dwelling in such a way as to make him ineligible for
Active Membership shall be transferred by the Treasurer to the
Associate Membership list. Any Active or Associate Member who has
been voted by the Board of Directors to be a Life Member shall be
transferred by the Treasurer to the Life Membership
list.
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