PIIPA - Volunteer Consent
Professional Consent Form
I agree to the following:
  1. All my answers on this application are true and complete and I currently have the credentials represented in this application.
  2. Falsification, omission, or misrepresentation of fact on this application or any other accompanying documents may result in immediate termination of the relationship between PIIPA and myself and the organization I represent.
  3. PIIPA is not obliged to, but is permitted in its discretion to verify all credentials represented in this application and I give PIIPA consent to obtain such information.
  4. I submit my name personally, but doing so is consistent with my obligations as a representative or employee of the organization referred to in this form.
  5. I will act in accordance with the rules of conduct of all professional organizations, associations, and bars of which I am a member.
  6. Submission of this application only puts me on a list with other professionals and work may never result from this application.
  7. PIIPA may release my contact information to its applicants, members, collaborators, and donors; and they may contact me by any means (including phone, fax, mail, or email, but PIIPA will not sell its IP Corps list to third parties.
  8. By submitting this application I am volunteering to be considered for intellectual property related work and I indicate a willingness to independently consider any appropriate applicant who may contact me.
  9. If my application is accepted by PIIPA, I will become a member of PIIPA's IP Corps (at no charge to me unless otherwise notified) and my membership in the IP Corps can be terminated at any time and for any reason.
  10. If I accept representation of a PIIPA applicant, I will follow PIIPA's policy (i) on pro bono representation (currently 50 hours of service without charge or completion of a matter, whichever comes first), and (ii) teamwork (mulitspecialist and multinational teams of IP Corps members may be asked to collaborate in representing an organization in a particular project).
  11. I will not hold PIIPA or any of its members accountable or liable in any way for their role in this service.
  12. I agree to the Terms and Conditions of using the www.piipa.org website