Intellectual Property Research: Career Resources

A guide created by the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance outlining different career paths in intellectual property law.

The ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) represents attorneys practicing intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyright, design, and trade secrets.

Founded in 1897, AIPLA is a national bar association for practitioners of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property.

Philadelphia-based Inn of Court promoting skill improvement, professionalism and legal ethics in the field of intellectual property law.

Global professional association of trademark owners and professionals.

Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association representing attorneys practicing in the fields of intellectual property.

Bar association for attorneys who specialize in practicing before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

The Career Strategies Office at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law is equipped with an abundance of resources to assist our students in learning how to navigate and grow their careers.

Information on attorney advisor (trademark examining attorney) careers at USPTO. Trademark examining attorneys review trademark applications for compliance with the Lanham Act for the purpose of determining registrability in the United States. They research and write decisions on various statutory and procedural issues, work with applicants to correct informal defects in applications, and approve applications for publication and registration. They also draft appeal briefs and represent the USPTO before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).