Foreword from ABA-IPL Section Chair

• Author: Theodore H. Davis, Jr.
• Pages: 26-26

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Foreword from ABA-IPL

Section Chair

Since 1894, the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) has con-

tributed significantly to the protection of intellectual property in the United

States and elsewhere. With approximately 20,000 members, the Section is

the largest organization of intellectual property lawyers in the world.

Together with the ABA Forum on Franchising, ABA-IPL is pleased to

offer this second edition of The Intellectual Property Handbook: A Practi-

cal Guide for Franchise, Business, and IP Counsel. This treatise represents

another successful collaborative effort between the Forum and the Section,

and we hope readers will agree it is a valuable resource for the attorneys

identified in the treatise’s subtitle, as well as for anyone with an interest in

domestic and international intellectual property. I would especially like to

thank the two editors, Chris Bussert (one of my partners) and Jim Sims, for

all of their time and effort spent bringing the Handbook to fruition. In addi-

tion, I want to extend my thanks and appreciation to the authors: Martin

Bader, Laura Burson, Chris (who also served as a coauthor), Susan Upton

Douglass, Ann Ford, Jonathan Jennings, Mike Lindsey, Mike Lockerby,

Craig Madson, Sherin Sakr, and Henry Su. The ABA-IPL also acknowledges

the coordinating role played by Mark Dickson, chair of its Content Advi-

sory Board, as well as those of Stephen Gillen, chair of its Books Edito-

rial Board; Barbara Grahn, vice chair of its Content Advisory Board and

Books Editorial Board; and Amy Mandel, its Director of Communications

and Publications.

On behalf of ABA-IPL, I am proud of the Section’s relationship with the

Forum on Franchising, as well as its continued involvement in this import-

ant project. In maintaining and updating this unique work, we hope you

will appreciate its new edition of The Intellectual Property Handbook for the

valuable strategic resource it is.

Theodore H. Davis, Jr.

Chair, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law

2015–2016

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