James D. Crowne Esq.

AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association)

James D. Crowne is the Deputy Executive Director for Legal Affairs of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Crowne is primarily responsible for all intellectual property (IP) issues involving the judiciary. He advises the Board of Directors, the Executive Director and senior staff of the AIPLA on substantive and procedural legal issues. In that capacity, he has participated in the preparation of nearly 100 AIPLA amicus briefs filed at the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also responsible for communicating AIPLA policy positions to the government, to members, and to the public.

Mr. Crowne was formerly the Managing Director of Bloomberg BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal.

He is the Editor of the Bloomberg BNA treatise Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations.