Significant INTA testimony and submissions to governments and other organizations, grouped by year.
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 Submission in Response to the Consultation Paper: Proposed Amendments to the Trade-marks Regulations
From: INTA
To: Canadian Intellectual Property Office
November 29, 2014
INTA Comments on Provisions of the Supreme Court on Several Issues Concerning the Hearing of Administrative Cases Involving the Granting and Confirmation of Trademark Rights (Draft) - English (Chinese)
From: INTA
To: Supreme People’s Court (SPC)
November 14, 2014
Informal Request for Comments Regarding a Proposal to Allow Amendments to Identifications of Goods and Services Due to Technology Evolution
From: INTA
October 23, 2014
Making the most out of Europe's traditional know-how: A possible extension of geographical indication protection of the European Union to non-agricultural products
From: INTA
To: The European Commission
October 23, 2014
Open letter on the EU trademark reform signed by INTA and other associations
From: BUSINESSEUROPE, on behalf of INTA and other signatories.
To: Members of the European Parliament, European Commission and EU Member States
October 20, 2014
Comments on the Government Regulation of Indonesia concerning controls of import or export of goods
alleged as the products of intellectual property right infringement (English) (Indonesian)
From: INTA
To: Agung Krisdiyanto, Head of Prohibition and Restrictions Section
September 19, 2014
Consultation on the introduction of regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products
From: INTA
To: The Department of Health
August 5, 2014
INTA Comments Regarding "Provisions of Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights Rules" Draft
INTA 对于《工商行政管理机关禁止滥用知识产权排除、限制竞争行为的规定》征求意见稿的几点参考意见
From: INTA
To: China State Administration of Industry and Commerce
July 10, 2014
Submission on Proposed USPTO Rulemaking Regarding Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals
From: INTA
To: USPTO
June 19, 2014
Submission following USPTO’s Request for Comments Regarding Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice and the Rules of Practice in Filings Pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
From: INTA
To: USPTO
May 1, 2014
Submission following USPTO’s Request for Comments Regarding Changes in Requirements for Collective Trademarks and Service Marks, Collective Membership Marks and Certification Marks
From: INTA
To: USPTO
May 1, 2014
Comments to China Trademark Review and Adjudication Rules Draft
From: INTA
To: China State Administration of Industry and Commerce
March 11, 2014
Reply Comments on Proposal for a Specification 13 to the ICANN Registry Agreement to Contractually
Reflect Certain Limited Aspects of ".Brand" New gTLDs
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
January 31, 2014
Comments on Implementing Regulations for 2013 PRC Trademark Law Revision
Comments on Implementing Regulations for 2013 PRC Trademark Law Revision (Chinese Version)
From: INTA
To: State Council Legislative Affairs Office
February 7, 2014
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Comments on Implementing Regulations for 2013 China Trademark Law
From: INTA
To: State Administration of Industry and Commerce
November 22, 2013
Comments in Response to USPTO's Informal Request for Comments Regarding Post Registration Amendments to Identifications of Goods and Services Due to Technology Evolution
From: INTA
To: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
November 8, 2013
Comments on Nominet’s Consultation on Second Level Domain Registration in .UK
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: Nominet
September 20, 2013
Commendation of the Implementation of Specialized Court on IP Rights
From: INTA President Toe Su Aung
To: The Honorable Lyudmila A. Novoselova, Presiding Judge, Court on Intellectual Property Rights
September 13, 2013
Comments on Initial Report from Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services: A Next Generation Registration Directory Service
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
September 6, 2013
Comments on USPTO Draft of Examination Guide: Applications for Marks Comprised of gTLDs for Domain Name Registration or Registry Services
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
September 6, 2013
Reply Comments on Initial Report on Thick Whois Policy Development Process
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
August 2, 2013
INTA Comments on European Trademark Systems Review
From: INTA
To: European Parliament and EU Member States
June 17, 2013
Reply Comments on the New gTLD Board Committee Consideration of GAC Safeguard Advice
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
June 4, 2013
INTA Comments on South Africa Protection of Traditional Knowledge Bill
From: INTA
To: MB Coetzee, Secretary to South African Parliament
May 17, 2013
Comments of the INTA Internet Committee on the Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
May 13, 2013
INTA Submission in response to Canada Bill C-56: An Act to Amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Cover Letter
From: INTA President Toe Su Aung
To: The Honorable John Knubley, Deputy Minister of Industry Canada
April 30, 2013
INTA Comments on U.S. Office of Management and Budget policy applying "sequestration" of funds to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca M. Blank
April 18, 2013
INTA Comments on the European Commission Proposal for a Revised Tobacco Products Directive
From: INTA
To: Members of the European Parliament and EU Member States’ Permanent Representations to the EU
April 3, 2013
INTA Comments on Protecting European Consumers and Trademark Owners from Counterfeit Goods – Goods in Transit and the Revision of the Community Trade Mark Regulation 207/2009 and of the Trade Mark Directive 2008/95/CE
From: INTA, AIM, ICC BASCAP, ECTA and Marques
To: Commissioner Michel Barnier, European Commission
March 7, 2013
Response to USG Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on the Policies and Requirements of the usTLD Space
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: U.S. Department of Commerce
March 6, 2013
INTA Comments on Draft Regulation on Tobacco Packaging
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Pradit Sintavanarong, Minister of Public Health
February 25, 2013
INTA Position Paper on Strengthening Anticounterfeiting Laws and Procedures in Canada
From: INTA
To: The Honorable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry Canada
Mr. John Knubley, Deputy Minister of Industry Canada
Mr. Paul Halucha, Director of General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch in Industry Canada
Ms. Anne-Marie Monteith, Director of Copyright and Trade-mark Policy Directorate in Industry Canada
The Honorable Robert Douglas Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Mr. William F. Pentney, Deputy Minister of Justice
The Honorable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety Canada
Mr. Luc Portelance, President of Canadian Border Services Agency
February 14, 2013
INTA Comments on China's Draft Trademark Law
From: INTA
To: Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
January 25, 2013
Comments on Trademark Clearinghouse Strawman Solution
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
January 15, 2013
INTA Comments on Thailand's Draft Tobacco Consumption Control Act
Cover Letter
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Pradit Sintavanarong, Minister of Public Health
January 13, 2013
INTA Comments on the Industrial Structure Council Trademark System Subcommittee Report on the Current State of the Trademark System in Japan
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Chair Kazufumi Dohi, Trademark System Subcommittee of the Industrial Structure Council
January 11, 2013
INTA Comments on Myanmar's Draft Trademark Law
Cover Letter
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Deputy Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology Ko Ko Oo
January 8, 2013 |
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INTA Submission on the Request for Public Comment Regarding Regulations Relating to Recordation and Enforcement of Trademarks and Copyrights
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Regulations and Rulings
December 20, 2012
Support of the Intellectual Property Section of Customs in the Ministry of Finance in Poland
From: Bartosz Krakowiak, Chair of the European Union Subcommittee of INTA's Anticounterfeiting Committee
To: Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Minister of Finance
December 20, 2012
Comments on the proposed regulations to implement recent Australian legislation known as "Raising the Bar"
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: IP Australia
November 29, 2012
Remarks for the Administrative Council Meeting in Zanzibar
From: INTA
To: ARIPO
November 26, 2012
Congratulations on Mexico's Accession to the Madrid Protocol
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: The Hon. Bruno Ferrari Garcia de Alba, Mexico's Secretary of the Economy
November 27, 2012
Comments Regarding Amending the First Filing Deadline for Affidavits or Declarations of Use or Excusable Nonuse
From: INTA
To: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
November 2, 2012
Comments Regarding Adjustment of Fees for Trademark Applications
From: INTA
To: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
October 22, 2012
INTA Comments to the Draft 2013 Work Programme for the EU Observatory on Infringements to Intellectual Property Rights
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: President António Campinos, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
October 12, 2012
Comments on Tobacco Plain Packaging Consultation
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: Hon. Tony Ryall, Minister of Health
October 5, 2012
Comments on the Revision of Thailand Trademark Law
From: INTA
To: Pajchima Tanasanti, Director General of the Department of Intellectual Property
August 17, 2012
INTA response to the consultation on the development of the Second U.S. Joint Strategic Plan for intellectual property enforcement
From: INTA
To: Victoria Espinel, U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
August 10, 2012
INTA Comments on the Public consultation on the standardized packaging of tobacco products
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: The United Kingdom Department of Health
August 3, 2012
Comments on Proposed Renewal of .com Agreement between ICANN and Verisign
From: INTA, IACC, IPO, COA
To: The Honorable Lawrence Strickling, Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
July 31, 2012
Comments on amendments to the Macedonian Customs Law
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: Vanco Kargov, Director of the Customs Office, and Mite Kostov, President of Coordinative Body for Intellectual Property
July 10, 2012
INTA comments on EU Observatory General Consultation of Stakeholders
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: President António Campinos, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
July 6, 2012
INTA comments on interim rules on "Disclosure of Information for Certain IP Rights Enforced at the Border"
From: INTA
To: U.S. Customs & Border Protection
June 25, 2012
Comments on WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
June, 7 2012
Reply Comments on .Com Registry Agreement Renewal
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
May 17, 2012
INTA comments on Proposed Amendments to the Canadian Trade-Marks Regulations
cover letter
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: Alison Bunting, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Trade-marks Branch
April 18, 2012
INTA submission to Mexico's Senate on the Madrid Protocol
letter
report
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: Hon. Eloy Cantu Segovia, Chairman of Senate Committee for Incentive of Trade and Industry
April 6, 2012
Comments on IDN Variant Issues Project
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
April 6, 2012
INTA comments on proposed amendments to Chile's IP Law
English
Español
cover letter (English)
cover letter (Español)
From: INTA President Gregg Marrazzo
To: Mauricio Alvarez Montti, Ministry of the Economy
March 29, 2012
INTA letter of support for H.R. 4216, a bill making it clear that the Trade Secrets Act was not intended to interfere with the ability of Customs to identify counterfeit products
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: U.S. Representatives Ted Poe and Steve Chabot
March 26, 2012
INTA comments on Whois Policy Review Team Draft Report
From INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
March 16, 2012
INTA letter of support to extend to Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations
From: INTA, Business Roundtable, Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association, International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition
To: Members of the U.S. Congress
March 15, 2012
INTA comments on Defensive Applications for New gTLDs
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
February 27, 2012
INTA comments on CIRA Internationalized Domain Names, Revised Launch Policy
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
February 24, 2012
INTA comments on ICANN New gTLD Applicant Support Program
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
January 10, 2012
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INTA comments on Mexico’s Laws on Parallel Imports
Cover Letter
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Senator Jose Gonzales Morfin
Date: December 2, 2011
INTA comments on RySG Alternative Proposal for Continuity Operations Instrument
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
December 1, 2011
Comments on the Discussion Paper: Review of Organizational Structure of the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and Geographical Indications
From: INTA
To: Indian Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
Date: November 30, 2011
INTA comments on Draft Final Report of the ICANN Internationalized Data Working Group
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
November 17, 2011
INTA comments on China Draft Trademark Law Revision
From: INTA
To: State Council Legislative Affairs Office
Date: October 8, 2011
Comments prepared by: Anticounterfeiting Committee's China Subcommittee; Famous & Well-known Marks Committee's East Asia & Pacific Subcommittee; Legislation & Regulation Committee's East Asia & Pacific Subcommittee; Nontraditional Marks Committee's East Asia & Pacific Subcommittee; Trademark Office Practices Committee's China Trademark Office Subcommittee
INTA comments on proposed revisions to ICANN's Conflicts of Interest Policy
From: INTA, American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA) & Coalition for Online Accountability (COA)
To: ICANN
Date: October 1, 2011
INTA comments on Nominet Consultation: Dealing with domain names used in connection with criminal activity
From: INTA Anticounterfeiting and Internet Committees
To: Nominet
Date: September 16, 2011
INTA comments on Australia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement and FTA
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Date: September 15, 2011
INTA comments on the USPTO Proposed Rule on Specimens
From: INTA
To: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Date: September 12, 2011
INTA comments on Australia Trade Marks Amendment Bill 2011
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Committee Secretary Julie Dennett, Senate Legal and Constitutional Committees
Date: September 2, 2011
INTA comments on the EU Customs Regulation Proposal
From: INTA Anticounterfeiting Committee
To: European Commission and European Parliament
Date: August 2011
INTA response to Request for Comments on the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Functions
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Fiona Alexander, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Date: July 29, 2011
INTA letter in support of S.1228, the U.S. Combating Military Counterfeits Act
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Date: July 27, 2011
INTA comments on Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Chairman Steve Georganas MP, Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, Australia House of Representatives
Date: July 22, 2011
INTA comments on Whois Policy Review Team Discussion Paper
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: July 22, 2011
INTA comments on Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Current State of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: July 15, 2011
INTA comments on ICANN New gTLDs Communication Plan
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: July 15, 2011
INTA comments on OHIM's Convergence Programme
From: INTA President Gerhard Bauer
To: Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
Date: July 13, 2011
INTA comments on the review of the European Trademark Systems
From: INTA
To: European Commission
Date: June 22, 2011
INTA comments on proposed revisions to draft Regulation on Agricultural Product Quality Schemes dealing with geographical indications
Cover letter
From: INTA President Gerhard Bauer
To: Maria Angeles Benitez Salas, Director, Sustainability and Quality of agriculture and rural development, DG Agriculture and Rural Development & Margot Froehlinger, Director, Intellectual Property, DG Internal Market and Services
Date: June 17, 2011
INTA comments on USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Participation in Settlement Discussions
From: INTA
To: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Date: June 17, 2011
INTA comments on draft Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Assistant Secretary, Drug Strategy Branch, Australia Department of Health and Ageing
Date: June 3, 2011
INTA comments on proposed ICANN process for handling requests for removal of cross-ownership restrictions for existing gTLDs
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: June 1, 2011
Testimony on "ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing"
From: INTA Treasurer Mei-lan Stark
To: U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet
Date: May 4, 2011
INTA letter to U.S. Congress in support of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
From: INTA President Gerhard Bauer
To: Honorable Kevin Brady, Chairman Subcommittee on Trade Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: April 12, 2011
INTA letter to U.S. Congress in support of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement
From: INTA President Gerhard Bauer
To: Honorable Kevin Brady, Chairman Subcommittee on Trade Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: April 12, 2011
INTA letter to U.S. Congress in support of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
From: INTA President Gerhard Bauer
To: Honorable Kevin Brady, Chairman Subcommittee on Trade Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: April 8, 2011
Comments on the Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2012 Operating Plan and Budget
From: Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: April 1, 2011
INTA comments on Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Functions
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Fiona Alexander, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Date: March 31, 2011
INTA comments on Bill 163-2010 on Colombia's accession to the Madrid Protocol
From: INTA President Gerhard Bauer
To: The Honorable Eduardo Jose Castaneda Murillo, Representative in the Congress of Colombia
Date: March 31, 2011
INTA comments on Brazil’s Consultation 117 to amend Tobacco Legislation
From: INTA
To: Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency)
Date: March 30, 2011
INTA response to U.S. Trade Representative's Request for Written Comments on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
From: INTA President Gerhard Bauer
To: U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk
Date: February 15, 2011
INTA Internet Committee comments on Accountability and Transparency Review Team Final Recommendations
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: February 11, 2011
INTA comments on “Economic Considerations in the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names Phase II Report: Case Studies”
From: INTA
To: ICANN
Date: January 14, 2011
INTA response to USPTO Request for Comments on Trademark Litigation Tactics
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: U.S. Undersecretary for Commerce and Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos
Date: January 4, 2011 |
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INTA Comments on the Public consultation on the possible revision of the Tobacco Products Directive
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: Ms. Testori Coggi, Director General DG SANCO, European Commission
Date: December 16, 2010
INTA comments on Guatemala's Plain Packaging Legislation
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: Honorable Roberto Alejos, President, Congress of Guatemala
Date: December 10, 2010
INTA's interest in continuing to serve as observer to OHIM's Administrative Board and Budget Committee
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer and INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Deputy Chair of OHIM’s Administrative Board and the Chair of OHIM’s Budget Committee
Date: October 27, 2010
Current and future cooperation between INTA and WIPO
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To WIPO Deputy Director Binying Wang
Date: October 13, 2010
Supporting introduction of U.S. bill entitled “Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act,” which would provide additional tools for the Department of Justice to prosecute websites designed to infringe copyrights or to sell counterfeit goods
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
Date: September 17, 2010
Concerns about a recommendation in a study to be published in the British Journal of Criminology which suggests that police resources should not be used for criminal anticounterfeiting enforcement for “non-safety critical goods,” and that the entire burden of enforcement rests with the trademark owner
From: INTA, the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition ICC’s Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center
To: U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel
Date September 9, 2010
Endorsing the recommendation of ICANN’s economic consultants that an in-depth study be conducted of the economic impact and potential harms to consumers and trademark owners of the unlimited introduction of new gTLDs, and offering INTA’s assistance in the design of the study and collection of data
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: ICANN Board of Directors
Date: September 8, 2010
INTA comments to Mexico's Senate in support of the creation of a trademark recordation system
Prepared by Latin America Subcommittees of INTA’s Legislative & Regulation and Anticounterfeiting Committee
From: INTA
To: Mexican Senate
Date August 24, 2010
Response to “Request for Comments on Regulations Relating to Recording and Enforcement of Trademark and Copyrights”
From INTA
To: Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Date August 9, 2010
USPTO Draft Strategic Plan
From: INTA
To: U. S. Patent and Trademark Office
Date: August 2, 2010
Comments on “An Economic Framework for the Introduction of New gTLDs”
From: INTA
To: ICANN
Date: July 21, 2010
Comments on Draft Applicant Guidebook for new gTLDs Version 4
From: INTA
To: ICANN
Date: July 21, 2010
Proposal that legislative action and office procedures be considered for further harmonization of the EU trademark systems
From: INTA
To: Professor Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute
Date: July 7, 2010
Recommendations to limit the scope of ACTA to trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy; Include provisions to deal with goods in transit and transshipment; Delete the de minimis provision that would explicitly allow consumers to buy counterfeit goods and exclude small consignments in customs inspections.
From: INTA and ICC BASCAP
To: ACTA Negotiators
Date: June 24, 2010
INTA response to EU Commission consultation paper on review of EU legislation on customs enforcement and intellectual property rights
Cover letter
Annex: INTA written obersations to EU Court of Justice in Nokia v. HM Customs
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
Date: May 20, 2010
Concerns over the draft Conclusions by the Council of the European Union’s Working Group on Intellectual Property, which set out expectations for possible changes to the Community and national trademark regimes
From: INTA, AIM, BUSINESSEUROPE, ECTA, and MARQUES
To: IP attachés of all 27 Member States’ Permanent Representatives, copies to Director Knowledge-Based Economy Margot Fröhlinger of the European Commission’s DG Market and OHIM President Wubbo de Boer
Date: May 4, 2010
Response to the latest draft revision to China’s Trademark Law, including well-known mark protections, anticounterfeiting enforcement measures and opposition procedures
Drafted by relevant subcommittees of INTA’s Legislation and Regulation, Trademark Office Practices, Anticounterfeiting, and Famous and Well-Known Marks Committees
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: China’s State Legislative Council
Date: April 20, 2010
Support for a study done to gauge the accuracy of the Whois database
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: April 15, 2010
Trademark Next Generation Initiative
From: INTA
To: USPTO
Date: April 14, 2010
Supporting development of a high security zone for new generic top-level domain names
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: April 8, 2010
INTA comments on Brazil's retaliatory measures as a result of WTO trade dispute between U.S. and Brazil over cotton subsidies
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: Brazilian Council of Ministers of the Chamber of Foreign Trade (CAMEX)
Date: April 5, 2010
Response to seven individual requests for comments by ICANN:
• Support for the creation of a Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure
• Support for the creation of a Registry Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedure to prevent abusive practices due to unenforced restrictions of domain name registrations
• Support for the development of a URS to address clear-cut cases of domain name nfringement
• Support for the development of a Trademark Clearinghouse, to facilitate the protection of trademarks through right-protection mechanisms in new gTLDs
• Recommendations for minimizing user confusion when dealing with variant characters, or characters that can be used interchangeably, within Internationalized Domain Names
• Views on a study to benchmark the operations of gTLD registry operators
• Support for a process to amend certain critical registry agreement terms to ensure Internet security and stability
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: April 1, 2010
Implementation of “generic substitution” in primary care
From: Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee of INTA’s Legislation & Regulation Committee
To: UK Department of Health
Date: March 30, 2010
Consultation on the development of a Joint Strategic Plan for federal enforcement agencies
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel
Date: March 24, 2010
Thanking U.S. President Barack Obama for his strong commitment to the protection of intellectual property and his support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), noted in his address at the U.S. Export-Import Bank
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer and INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: President Barack Obama
Date: March 23, 2010
Guidelines for ICANN’s proposed Generic Names Supporting Organization Working Group
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: March 22, 2010
Supporting development of an electronic tool allowing exchange of data between OHIM, NPTOS, IP enforcement authorities and rights holders
From: AIM, BUSINESSEUROPE, ECTA, INTA and MARQUES
To: OHIM
Date: March 19, 2010
Supporting proposed Companies Ordinance Law that empowers the trade name Registrar to remove trade/company names deemed by a Hong Kong court to infringe a prior right
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: ?
Date: March 15, 2010
Proposal to amend Canada’s Trade-marks Act
Prepared by INTA’s Legislation & Regulation, Nontraditional Marks and Trademark Office Practices Committees
From: INTA President LHeather Steinmeyer
To: Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
Date: March 15, 2010
Proposed legislation requiring plain packaging for tobacco products
From: INTA President Heather Steinmeyer
To: Australia’s Senate Committee on Community Affairs
Date: February 24, 2010
Draft proposal on “Affirmation Reviews Requirements and Implementation Processes,” which pertains to the Affirmation of Commitments between ICANN and the U.S. Government
From: INTA
To: ICANN
Date: February 10, 2010
Comments on draft paper entitled "Towards a Stronger and More Efficient IP Rights System"
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Terry Moore, Director, IP Australia
Date: February 9, 2010
Proposed Expression of Interest process for new gTLDs
From: INTA
To: ICANN
Date: January 27, 2010
Proposed adoption of an unlimited number of new gTLDs
From: INTA
To: ICANN
Date: January 26, 2010
Comments on review of the .au policy framework
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN
Date: January 21, 2010
Supporting technical amendments to the U.S. Lanham Act, including those providing the same grace period for maintenance filings for Madrid-based registrations that is available for other trademark registrations
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: House Judiciary Committee
Date: January 21, 2010
FY2010 appropriations for the USPTO, supporting revision to the appropriated amount in an effort to prevent diversion and provide funds needed for IT infrastructure projects and to protect human capital
From: INTA and the National Treasury Employees Union
To: Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. Senate; Chairman Conyers and Ranking Member Smith of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives; Chairman Inouye and Ranking Member Cochran of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate; Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Lewis of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives; Chairman Mikulski and Ranking Member Shelby of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the U.S. Senate; and Chairman Mollohan and Ranking Member Wolf of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the U.S. House of Representatives
Date: January 21, 2010
Study of the overall functioning of the EU trademark system
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Max Planck Institute
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Global policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: ICANN Country-Code Names Supporting Organization’s ( ccNSO) Internationalized Domain Name ( IDN) Country Code Working Group
Date: December 4, 2009
Comments on conceptual questions that ICANN posted for comment regarding inserting an Expression of Interest process into the new gTLD program
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN)
Date: November 25, 2009
Concerns with ICANN’s proposal for an unlimited introduction of new generic top level domain names
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: ICANN Board Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush and President and CEO Rod Beckstrom
Date: November 20, 2009
ICANN commissioned study which showed a substantial percentage of registered domain name holders use a privacy or proxy service to hide or mask contact details in the Whois database
From: INTA Internet Committee
To: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN)
Date: November 20, 2009
Concerns with ICANN’s rejection of the gTLD Implementation Recommendation Team’s recommendations relating to the Globally Protected Marks List and use of the string similarity algorithm
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN) Board Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush and President and CEO Rod Beckstrom
Date: November 20, 2009
Support for Victoria Espinel’s nomination as the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
From: INTA
To: Senate Judiciary Committee Leadership (Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Sessions)
Date: October 28, 2009
Proposal for a European Council Recommendation on Smoke-Free Environments, including plain packaging measures
To: INTA
From: Member State ministers for Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, and to European Commission officials in the Directorates-General for Internal Market, Consumer Protection, Taxation and Customs, and Enterprise and Industry
Date: October 2, 2009
Summary of INTA hearing testimony regarding concerns about ICANN’s introduction of an unlimited number of new gTLDs
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Ranking Member Lamar Smith, Courts and Competition Policy Property Subcommittee Chair Hank Johnson, and Ranking Member Howard Coble
Date: September 30, 2009
Testimony on "The Expansion of Top Level Domains and its Effects on Competition"
From: INTA President Richard Heath
To: U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
Date: September 23, 2009
INTA letter to Brazil's Congress regarding the Madrid Protocol
From: INTA President Richard Heath
To: Brazilian Congressman Arlindo Chinaglia
Date: August 17, 2009
Welcome to new ICANN president and CEO; ICANN’s introduction of an unlimited number of new gTLDs
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom
Date: July 24, 2009
Concerns with ICANN management of the domain name system, and recommendations regarding the approaching expiration of the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information Lawrence Strickling, U. S. Department of Commerce
Date: July 24, 2009
Joint response to OHIM’s Initiation Note regarding the proposed Cooperation Fund, allotting € 50 million to be used for projects related to harmonization between OHIM and national trademark offices
From: INTA, AIM, BUSINESSEUROPE, ECTA and MARQUES
To: Secretariats of the Administrative Board and the Budget Committee, and their members
Date: July 10, 2009
INTA comments to Venezuelan authorities on new searching requirements and reestablishment of old classification system
From: INTA President Richard Heath
To: Venezuelan Trademark Office Intellectual Property Registrar Dr. Margarita Vilatimo
Date: July 2, 2009
INTA comments to Venezuela health authorities on new requirement for placing health warning signs on tobacco products
Prepared by Latin America Subcommittee of INTA’s Legislation & Regulation Committee
From: INTA President Richard Heath
To: Minister of the Popular Power for Health and Social Protection Dr. Jesus Mantilla Oliveros
Date: July 2, 2009
Recommendations and comments regarding the Summary of Key Elements of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement released by ACTA negotiating governments in April 2009
From: INTA, on behalf of the ACTA Business Response Group
To: ACTA Negotiators: USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk, and EU Commission DG Trade IP Unit Head Luc Devigne
Date: July 1, 2009
European Commission’s forthcoming review of the European trademark systems, along with other key concerns related to the September 2008 OHIM Administrative Board/Budget Committee joint agreement
From: INTA, AIM, BUSINESSEUROPE, ECTA, and MARQUES
To: Director of Knowledge-Based Economy Dr. Margot Fröhlinger at DG MARKT in the European Commission
Date: June 29, 2009
Response to the latest draft revision to China’s Trademark Law, including well-known mark protections, anticounterfeiting enforcement measures and opposition procedures
Drafted by relevant subcommittees of INTA’s Legislation and Regulation, Trademark Office Practices, Dilution and Well-Known Marks and Anticounterfeiting and Enforcement Committees
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: China Trademark Office
Date: June 25, 2009
Issues outstanding after most recent midterm review of the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Majority and minority leadership of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Date: June 24, 2009
Issues outstanding after most recent midterm review of the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
Date: June 22, 2009
Comments on Draft Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs Version 2. Prepared by the Internet Committee
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: ICANN
Date: April 8, 2009
Proposed allowance of certain nontraditional marks in Japan
Drafted in consultation with members of INTA’s Legislation and Regulation and Nontraditional Marks Committees
From: INTA President Richard Heath
To: Japan Patent Office
Date: March 24, 2009
Venue provision and fee-setting issue in the Senate version of the Patent Reform Bill
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlin Specter; Representatives Conyers and Smith
Date: March 20, 2009
USPTO trademark “fence” (separation of trademark and patent office budgets)
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Select leaders in Congress and the U.S. Office of Management & Budget
Date: March-April, 2009
Response to a draft paper issued by the Supreme People’s Court of China regarding interpretation of well-known mark law in Chinese civil trademark infringement cases
Prepared by East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee of the Dilution & Well-Known Marks Committee
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Deputy Chief Judge Xiangjun Kong
Date: February 25, 2009
Support for an OHIM fee reduction proposal made by the European Commission.
From: INTA Europe Representative Christina Sleszynska
To: Permanent Representatves of EU member states
Date: February 2, 2009 |
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Concerns with a recent health report that calls for stricter tobacco packaging laws
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: Australian National Health Taskforce
Date: December 22, 2008
INTA comments to Brazil's congress on proposed amendments to Brazil's IP Law (Bill 333-99)
Cover letter
Comments
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: Chairman Pedro Chaves, Special Anti-Piracy Commission of the Brazilian House of Representatives
Date: December 17, 2008
Summary of INTA’s positions on trademark policy. INTA issued a press release based on this letter, which resulted in the attached article in the Bureau of National Affairs, a journal widely read by U.S. policy makers
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: President Obama’s Transition Team
Date: December 15, 2008
Concern over plain packaging provisions for tobacco products
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: The Health and Economic Ministries of: France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, UK, Australia, Cambodia, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Palau, and Samoa
Date: November 5, 2008
Possible changes to ICANN as it seeks to complete its Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the U.S. Department of Commerce
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: ICANN President’s Strategy Committee
Date: October 20, 2008
Diversion of OHIM user fees to EU member state national trademark offices
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: Director Knowledge-Based Economy Margot Fröhlinger in European Commission’s DG for the Internal Market and Services
Date: October 6, 2008
INTA comments to Argentina's Congress on proposed amendments to Argentina's IP Law (Bill 3531-07)
Cover Letter
Prepared by Latin America & the Caribbean Subcommittees of the Legislation and Regulation and Anticounterfeiting and Enforcement Committees
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: Argentine National Congress
Date: August 7, 2008 (comments dated July 18, 2008)
ICANN proposal to restructure the Generic Names Supporting Organization
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: Chairman, President and Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Date: June 17, 2008
Joint statement of support of the negotiation of the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
From: INTA and ICC BASCAP
To: U.S. Trade Representative; later submitted to the Permanent Representatives of the EU member states
Date: March 19, 2008
Opposing amendments to rules governing American Viticultural Areas,that did not take into consideration prior intellectual property rights
Prepared by North America Subcommittee of INTA’s Geographical Indications Committee
From: INTA President Rhonda Steele
To: Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States
Date: March 17, 2008
Interplay between trademarks, the Internet and the protection of European consumers
From: INTA Europe Representative Christina Sleszynska
To: Head of Unit for Unfair Commercial Practices Giuseppe Abbamonte
Date: February 7, 2008
Welcome to the new Director General of IP Australia
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: IP Australia Director General Philip Noonan
Date: February 4, 2008
Response to “Future Challenge Paper,” concerning the importance of trademarks to consumer protection
From: INTA’s External Relations Staff
To: European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO)
Date: January 11, 2008 |
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Offering support for Alternative Dispute Resolution
Prepared by INTA’s ADR Committee
From: INTA
To: DG MARKT’s IP Unit
Date: October 2, 2007
Describing INTA's efforts to promote the Madrid Protocol, in the context of EU/Central America Free Trade Agreement negotiations
From: INTA Treasurer Gerhard Bauer
To: Marianne Gumaelius, Deputy Head of Unit, Public Procurement, Intellectual Property, DG MARKT
Date: September 17, 2007
Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Date: July 17, 2007
Encouraging registrations for retail service marks
From: INTA
To: China Trademark Office
Date: April 13, 2007
Highlighting the key implications of eliminating relative examination in China
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: China Trademark Office
Date: February 8, 2007 |
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Domain name tasting
From: INTA President Paul Reidl
To: Leadership of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Date: November 16, 2006
Parallel Imports – Lever Rule
From: INTA President Paul Reidl
To: U. S. Customs
Date: October 17, 2006
USPTO’s 2007-2012 Strategic Plan
From: INTA President Paul Reidl
To: U. S. Patent and Trademark Office
Date: October 3, 2006
Whois Database
From: Trade Associations and Companies
To: U. S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
Date: September 13, 2006
Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
From: INTA
To: WIPO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC)
Date: July 31, 2006
Continuation of the Transition of Domain Name System Administration
From: INTA President Paul Reidl
To: U. S. Department of Commerce (USDOC)
Date: July 5, 2006
Opposition to Proposal to Recodify the Lanham Act
From: INTA President Paul Reidl
To: U. S. Representative Lamar Smith
Date: June 15, 2006
Proposal to Curtail Access to Domain Name Registrant Contact Data (Whois)
From: INTA President Paul Reidl
To: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Date: June 12, 2006
New Zealand’s Accession to the Madrid Protocol, the Trademark Law Treaty and the Nice Agreement
From: INTA
To: New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development
Date: April 24, 2006 |
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INTA's recommendations on the Proposed Multilateral System for GI Protection
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC
Date: December 7, 2005
Chinese Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Regulation of July 15, 2005, regarding Geographical Indications
From: INTA President Anne Gundelfinger
To: China Vice Premier Wu Yi
Date: October 10, 2005
U.S.-Andean FTA
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: Regina K. Vargo, U. S. Trade Representative Office
Date: July 29, 2005
Bovemij Verzekeringen N.V. v. Benelux Merkenbureau (Europolis Case)
From: INTA Executive Director Alan Drewsen
To: E. Matser
Date: June 17, 2005
New Swiss Examination Guidelines
From: INTA External Relations Director Bruce MacPherson
To: Global Head Trademarks & Domain Names Myrtha Hurtado
Date: March 17, 2005
Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Rights
From: INTA
To WIPO Secretariat
Date February 25, 2005
Draft Amendment to Chinese Trademark Law
From: INTA
To: China Trademark Office Director General An Qinghu
Date: February 16, 2005
INTA Model Free Trade Agreement (FTA) re Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
From: INTA
To: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Date: February 3, 2005
Proposal on the GI Multilateral Register
From: INTA
To: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Date: January 26, 2005 |
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