The Intellectual Property Policy applies to anyone who wants to use MA’s Intellectual Property in any way. This includes individual MA members, groups, meetings, regions, and districts (including Convention hosts) as well as, outside third-parties including vendors (such as chip manufacturers), and others who may wish to use MA’s Works, such as education, addiction, and rehabilitation professionals. The USPTO does not consider MA individual MA members, groups, meetings, regions, and districts to be legally within the corporate entity of MA World Services even though within MA we consider these MA entities to be equally “a part of” MA.