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19 May 2009

The Annual Meeting has become larger than life over the years, from the complexity of the topics to the splendor of the parties. But, as Eileen McDermott reports, today’s session CT50 aims to bring the discussion back to basics

How do you choose which clients to take? What types of searches do you perform and how extensive are they? What systems do you use for application and docketing? These are just some of the questions that will be addressed in today’s session on best practices in trademark clearance (CT50—Law Firm Best Practices in Trademark Clearance, Prosecution and Portfolio Management), moderated by sole practitioner Joan Dillon, who has worked in-house for companies including Purina, US Steel and Levi Strauss & Co, as well as at large firms such as Kilpatrick Stockton and King & Spalding.

Dillon has been attending the INTA Annual Meeting since 1967 and says that the idea for the session grew out of nostalgia for “the old days” of the Annual Meeting, “when we sat around at Buck Hill Falls and talked about the nuts and bolts.” While today’s Annual Meeting offers sophisticated sessions and...



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