Full Name:_____________________________________________________
State Bar No.: ___________________
Please indicate if other than the State of California ___________________
Registered Patent Attorney (or Agent) No:___________________________
Date ___________________
Firm or Company Affiliation:________________________________________
Main Address: __________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
E-Mail Address: _________________________________________________
Telephone (_____) ________________ Fax (_____) __________________
For purposes of the Membership Directory, please list the main telephone number of the firm or company.
Firm Memberships
Below are flat rates being offered to firms with 10+ active members. Firms electing the flat rate will be included in our listing of member firms published on the SFIPLA web site and receive priority for hosting our monthly membership lunches.
Please select one of the following options:
[ ] $ 950.00 - 10-19 Members
[ ] $1,800.00 – 20+ Member
Individual Classes of Membership and Dues Assessed
Please select one of the following options:
[ ] $105.00 Active
Attorneys at law who are in good standing in any court of record in the United
States or any of the States or Territories thereof and making a specialty of
the law of patents, trademarks or copyrights, and who have their residence or
principal office in the Membership Area. The Membership Area of the Association
shall include the Federal Northern Judicial District of California and that
portion of the Federal Eastern Judicial District of California which includes
Yosemite National Park, the counties of Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Mono, as well
as all counties north thereof.
[ ] $55.00 Associate
The same qualifications as Active Members, but shall reside or have their principal
office outside the Membership Area. Such Associate Members shall have the powers
and privileges of Active Members of the Association.
[ ] $55.00 Affiliate
Persons registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or authorized
to practice before a foreign patent or trademark office who are not qualified
as either Active or Associate Members.
[ ] $55.00 Junior
Persons actively engaged in patent work under the direction of a qualified patent
practitioner, who are qualifying for registration in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office as attorneys or agents, and have their residence or principal
office in the Membership Area. Junior Members shall have the same powers and
privileges as Honorary Members.
[ ] $25.00 Student
Full-time or part-time law students intending to pursue upon graduation a career
specializing in patents, trademarks and/or copyrights, and who have their residence
in the Membership Area.
[ ] $0 Retired
Active Members who have become inactive in the practice of the law of patents,
trademarks and/or copyrights. Retired Members shall have the same privileges
as Honorary Members.
[ ] $0 Honorary
All Federal District judges and Magistrates of the Northern District of California
and all judges of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall be
Honorary Members of the Association, as shall such other individuals who have
rendered some signal service to the patent procession, except that it shall
not be required that these individuals have their principal office or residence
in the Membership Area. Honorary Members shall be exempt from the payment of
dues and shall have all the privileges of Active Members except that of voting
and holding office.