INTA 2015 President J. Scott Evans; Co-Chair of the In-House Practitioners Committee, Chris Turk; INTA CEO, Etienne Sanz de Acedo and other INTA staff traveled to Beijing January 19-23 for the first of two Delegation visits to China this year.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on January 21, 2015, as advocated by INTA in its amicus brief, that “trademark tacking” cases require a determination of whether two different iterations of the same mark create the same “continuing commercial impression,” and that the inquiry is therefore a question of fact to be decided by a jury.

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recently upheld two complaints made by the UKIPO in relation to misleading mailings sent by Trademark Renewal Service Ltd. and Patent and Trademark Agency Ltd. The cases highlight the growing phenomenon of fraudulent trademark office notices requesting renewal fees.

On January 20, the UKIPO released the findings of a two-part study it commissioned to review the IP implications of 3D printing technology.

Anne Gundelfinger, Global Intellectual Property Vice President of Swarovski, has led numerous INTA committees, chaired the 1999 Annual Meeting and served as INTA President in 2005.

The Famous and Well-Known Marks (FWKM) Committee is an ideal platform to exchange ideas and learn about famous and well-known marks among people who share a passion for this area of law.

The Non-Traditional Marks Committee’s mission is to evaluate treaties, laws, regulations and procedures relating to the protection of non-traditional trademarks (NTMs), such as sound, color and trade dress, and to develop and advocate policies to advance balanced protection for NTMs.

Survey Researcher Mike O’Neil headlined the INTA Political Action Committee Reception during the 2014 INTA Leadership Meeting in Phoenix, explaining how he predicted and interpreted the outcome of the 2014 U.S. midterm elections. A political junkie at heart, Dr. O’Neil explains to the INTA Bulletin how even seemingly benign issues such as IP may become sticking points given divided government.

Our present-day view of a mentor is someone who advises or trains, especially when the mentee is a younger colleague. However, in practice, mentoring can, and should be, so much more.

Trademark availability searching has a common aim around the world: to identify whether a proposed mark is available to be registered and used. While a broadly similar legal framework underlies all trademark searching, each country will approach each mark slightly differently, in the context of its culture, language, laws and Register. The countries of the European Union are no exception. There are, however, some key facts to know about trademark searching in Europe in order to fully understand and assess the risks of brand launches there, including one or two possible surprises.