EIN 52-0948513

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(6)
Num. employees
15
Year formed
1972
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), established in 1972, is a trade association for owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
Total revenues
$4,891,414
2022
Total expenses
$4,988,840
2022
Total assets
$9,612,668
2022
Num. employees
15
2022

Program areas at IPO

Conferences and meetings:ipo provides several educational and networking opportunities each year that bring together experts from the united states and abroad to discuss trends and recent developments in ip law. In 2022, ipo held multiple events, including the ipo annual meeting (los angeles, ca), ipowners spring summit (san diego, ca), ipo european practice committee conference (munich, germany) and virtual ipo ip innovation dialogue meetings with china, with a total of 1,155 attendees. In addition to the live meetings, 26 webinars with a total of 4,653 registrants were also held. The webinars are a one-hour series on current topics in ip hosted by ipo.
Government affairs - promoting the interests of the owner:ipo advocates effective protection for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and also urges laws that provide reasonable certainty to avoid undue litigation. Ipo positions are communicated to congress, the u.s. Copyright office, the u.s. patent and trademark office, the u.s. trade representative and other agencies. Ipo supports reforms that enhance the quality of patents granted and reduce the uncertainty and increasing costs of litigation. Ipo will also continue to support legislation to end the diversion of user fees away from the uspto towards unrelated government programs.
Membership:membership benefits include: supporting member interests relating to legislative and international issues; analyzing current ip issues; information and educational services; and disseminating information to the general public on the importance of Intellectual Property rights. The membership of Intellectual Property Owners Association includes hundreds of companies, law firms, small businesses, universities, and service providers. More than 13,700 attorneys, inventors, authors, and executives participate in ipo activities worldwide.

Personnel at IPO

NameTitleCompensation
Jessica LandacreExecutive Director$436,765
Susan McLoughlinDirector of Operations and Finance$148,465
Matt RankinDirector of Membership Development
Megan GriggsDirector of Meetings and Events$192,267
Thomas ValenteSenior Director for Global Affairs$272,067
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for IPO

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$0
Program services$4,628,835
Investment income and dividends$106,690
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$174,181
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-19,265
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$973
Total revenues$4,891,414

Form 990s for IPO

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122023-02-22990View PDF
2020-122021-10-26990View PDF
2018-122020-01-15990View PDF
2017-122019-02-21990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
January 25, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
January 22, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 22, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
June 20, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
June 19, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Trade associationsBusiness and community development organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizations
Issues
Science and technologyHuman servicesHousingBusiness and industry
Characteristics
MembershipsPolitical advocacy
General information
Address
1501 M St NW 1150
Washington, DC 20005
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
County
District of Columbia, DC
Website URL
ipo.org/ 
Phone
(202) 507-4500
Facebook page
intellectual-property-owners-association 
Twitter profile
@ipo 
IRS details
EIN
52-0948513
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1972
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
No
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S41: Promotion of Business
NAICS code, primary
813910: Trade Associations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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