AIPLA has upheld its strong advocacy role in the courts.  The AIPLA Amicus Committee receives many requests from parties in litigation for the Association's amicus support, and the Committee screens and recommends to the Board of Directors the best cases for AIPLA to join and urge its positions on the cutting edge issues of the law.  Although AIPLA welcomes the views of the parties to the dispute, the AIPLA amicus positions are the product of independent consideration by the Committee and the Board of Directors, based on the law and an their  understanding of policy and legal questions in dispute.

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Recent AIPLA Amicus Briefs

Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., U.S., No. 12-416, filed 2/28/2013.

The Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., U.S., No. 12-398, filed 1/31/2013.

Bowman v. Monsanto Co., U.S., No. 11-796, filed 1/23/2013.

CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd., Fed. Cir. en banc, No. 2011-1301, filed 1/17/2013.

Gunn v. Minton, U.S. No. 11-1118, amicus brief filed 11/26/2012.

Already, LLC d/b/a Yums v. Nike, Inc., U.S., No. 11-982, amicus brief filed 10/1/2012.

Robert Bosch LLC v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp., en banc Fed. Cir., No. 2011-1363, -1364, amicus brief filed 9/26/2012.