Become a GIPA Founder Today
Once a Founder, always a Founder®
Any individual or organization donating more than $100 or more will receive Founder recognition, including recognition as a GIPA Founder on our website, in various email and social communications, and at our marquee events year after year. The Founding Status Tier is determined by the cumulative contribution received by GIPA, giving individuals and organizations the opportunity to increase their status year-over-year!
General Sponsorships and sponsorship of specific events also can qualify individuals and organizations as a Founder.
Platinum Founders
($10,000 or More)
American Transaction Processors Coalition | AT&T | Ballard Spahr | Baker Hostetler | Cantor Colburn |Eversheds Sutherland | Finnegan Henderson | Fish & Richardson | Founders Legal | The Frank Group, Morgan Stanley | Scott & Marie Frank | Georgia Tech | IP Section of the Atlanta Bar Association | IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia | Jones Day | Kilpatrick Townsend | Lee & Hayes | Merchant & Gould | Meunier, Carlin & Curfman | Morris Manning & Martin | Murgitroyd & Company | Smith Gambrell & Russell | Taylor English Duma | Thomas Horstemeyer | Troutman Pepper | Womble Bond Dickinson
Gold Founders
($5,000 to $9,999)
Alston & Bird | Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstine | AON | Joseph Bankoff | Carlton Fields | Clarivate | Derwent | Georgia State University College of Law | Hartman & Citrin | Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies | Nova IP Solutions | Patent Designs | Wade Walker | Wellborn, Wallace & Mullman
Silver Founders
($2,500 to $4,999)
Arbor Pharmaceuticals | Baker Donelson | Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews | Binder Law Training | Perry Binder | Change Healthcare | Crown Jewell Insurance | Dority & Manning | Fisher Broyles | Gardner, Groff & Greenwald | Georgia Chamber of Commerce | Georgia Innovation | GigaLaw | Global Prior Art | Greenberg Traurig | Hill Kertscher & Wharton | IP Investment Group | JAMS | Kemira | Kent & Risley | Latham & Watkins | McKesson Corporation | Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce | Miller Martin | Mueller Water Products | Nelson Mullins | Perception Partners | Polsinelli | The Sladkus Law Group | Southwire | Superior Essex | Townsend & Lockett
Bronze Founders
($1,000 to $2,499)
America OnLine Giving | Benevity | Blackrock | Boehringer Ingelheim | Cardlytics | Cowan Consulting Corporation | Delta Airlines | Emory School of Law | Eddie & Irina Fays | Equifax | Greenspoon Marder | Carletta Gunby | Eric Hanson | HEFIP | Laura Huffman | IP.com | Kaye Husbands Fealing | King & Spalding | Richard Kirkpatrick | Greg Kirsch | Hexos IP | Kirkland Ellis | Kennesaw State University | Jeff Kuester | Legal Advantage | Noble Systems Corporation | OFS Fitel | One Trust | Panasonic Automotive Systems | Perilla Knox & Hidlebrandt LLP | Rick Quarles | Shaw Industries | Susan & Barry Podolsky | Rothwell Figg Ernst Manbeck | John Sears | University of Georgia | Vivid IP | Tiffany Williams | Michael Wright
Catalyst Founders
($500 - $999)
Acuity Brands | Atlanta Technical Law | Azurity Pharmaceuticals| Anthony Askew | Atlanta Center for International Arbitration & Mediation | Avanos Medical | Cisco | The Coca-Cola Company | Community Foundation | Duane Morris | GE Power & Water | Georgia Power | Georgia Tech Venture Lab | Home Depot | John Greenwald | Griff Griffin | Kimberly Clark | Lawson McKinley | Newell | Licensing Executives Society | Outdoor Makeover & Construction | Pabst Patent Group | David Pierce | Meredith Ragains | Rheem | Silver Legal | Southern Company
($200 - $499)
American Opportunities | Luke Anderson | Jeff Battcher | Alexander Biehn | Pete Canalichio | Dan & Roxanne Cenatempo | Clint Crosby | Tom Cunningham | Tanmay Dharmadhikari | Angelika Domschke | Derek & Jennifer Eberhart | James Forbes | Preston Heard | Brenda Holmes | John Fry | Gibson Lanier | Heather McNay | Samuel Mullman | Edward Murgitroyd | Next Step Communications | Gail Podolsky | Quantum Think | William Ragland | Chanceity Robinson | Susan Russell | Corrine Sukiennik | Wayne Thompson | Cheryl Tubach | Thought Horizon
($100 - $199)
Patricia Ades | Russell Allen | John Avery | Hubert Barnhardt | Carol Beckham | Ava Blake | Blue Dream Industries, LLC | Scott Brient | Emma Burri | Deborah Butler | Michael Cirino | Ashley Cornelison | Keith and Kimberly Cowan | Kevin Cranman | Craig Cupid | Bradford Czerwonky | Arleta Daniels | Braxton Davis | Cory Davis | Isaac Dolgovskij | Jerald Dotson | Elizabeth Dougherty | Allyson Eman | Ellen Frank | Brian Genco | Brian Giles | Devon Grant | Shashank Hanovar | Chris Haggerty | Michael Hobbs | Susanne Hollinger | Daniel Hong | Sanaa Hooda | Jacqueline Hutter | Doug Isenberg | James H. Johnson | Steve Justice | David Kincaid | Bob Koch | Stephen Kolesar | Jamie LeLiever | William Leston | Aubrey Logan-Holland | Shawn Loman | Lyco Works Inc. | Michael Mehrman | Jennifer Midlen | MightyCause | Mike Gross IP Monetization | Vijay Nenmeni | The Nexxt Entrepreneur | PatentMates | David Reed | Kim Ribbans | Lindsay and Michael Riesen | Dean Y. Shahriari | Joanne Sherman | Amy Sherwood | James Shin | Suzanne Shope | Jake Sisley | Shauki Smith | Janet & Allen Susberg | Richard Trimmer | Kyle Tubach | Michelle Tyde | Kathryn Wade | Ryan Walsh | Clark A.D. Wilson | Walter & Maggie Wood | Sam Zellner
*Founding Level status is based on actual donations received rather than pledged.
Current as of 5/18/2024.