[2] IPLAC is a not-for-profit organization "dedicated to maintaining a high standard of professionalism in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and related fields of law".
[4] IPLAC also provides a medium for the exchange of views on intellectual property law among those practicing in the field, and aim to educate the public at large.
The organization also established the IPLAC Educational Foundation, which awards scholarships to Chicago area high school graduates intending to pursue college-level study in engineering and science.
In 2007, IPLAC began presenting an annual patent law symposium on the same day as the Judges’ Dinner.
Another project of IPLAC is an annual review of patent claim interpretation law of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.