MEMORANDUM

TO:	NYIPLA Members
FROM:	Judge’s Dinner Committee Theresa M. Gillis, Chairperson
RE:	Dinner Program Congratulatory Notices Outstanding Public Service Award

The New York Intellectual Property Law Association is pleased to announce that the Eighth Annual NYIPLA Outstanding Public Service Award will be awarded to the Hon. Richard Linn, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 

Judge Linn will accept the award at the Association’s Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary to be held on Friday, March 26, 2010, at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City.

If you would like to reserve space for a Congratulatory Notice in the Dinner Program, which will also be presented to Judge Linn to commemorate the evening, please see the attached reservation form on the reverse side of this sheet. A specification sheet and sample sheet for style and content are also enclosed. 

All firms reserving a space in the Dinner Program for a Congratulatory Notice will also be entitled to a complimentary patron (1/4 page) ad in the journal for the NYIPLA Annual Meeting, which is scheduled for late May 2010. Details about this journal to follow.

All submissions for the Congratulatory Notice must be received by January 28, 2010, and are subject to the review and approval of the Association, at its sole discretion.  If you have any questions, please call or e-mail Karen Mallozzi in the NYIPLA Executive Office at 201-634-1870;   e-mail kmallozzi@nyipla.org.