John P. Sumner Founded, Will Head New American Intellectual Property Law Association Committee.Business Editors & Legal Writers John P. Sumner, a partner with the intellectual property law firm Merchant & Gould, recently founded and will serve as chair of the newly-formed mentoring committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a national bar association that was formed in 1897 to improve intellectual property laws and educate the public about such issues. (AIPLA AIPLA American Intellectual Property Law Association ). As head of the mentoring committee, Sumner will develop a mentoring program to reach out to the AIPLA's 10,000 members. "I've been pondering pon·der v. pon·dered, pon·der·ing, pon·ders v.tr. To weigh in the mind with thoroughness and care. v.intr. To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care. this idea for several years and the timing now seems right," said Sumner. "Merchant & Gould has a deep commitment to mentoring, with great success. I think this new committee will be a great asset to the AIPLA, and will be extremely valuable for both mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. and mentored." Sumner is a founding member of Merchant & Gould's electronic and computer law practice group. His practice includes IP licensing, client counseling, strategic patent portfolio planning, and software law. He focuses on business methods patents, electronic commerce, and computer-controlled systems and methods. He has held numerous positions with the AIPLA throughout his career, including chair positions on the Electronics & Computer Law and Emerging Technologies committees, the latter of which he founded. He was also a member of the AIPLA board of directors from 1998 through 2001. Sumner is past President of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association, and he is also past chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association's Computer Law Section, for which he remains a charter member of its governing gov·ern v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr. 1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in. 2. council. Sumner was also recently named chair-elect of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) High Technology Sector. His post as chair-elect and then chair will run a total of two years beginning in September 2002. About Merchant & Gould Merchant & Gould, founded in 1900, is an intellectual property law firm with more than 110 attorneys in offices in Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The firm works exclusively on patent, trademark, and copyright issues. The firm was recently ranked one of the top two trademark-filing law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
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