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The USPTO has codified changes to PTAB proceedings, but parties on different sides of the patent reform debate are calling for much-bigger adjustments

From tomorrow brand owners will see a significant rise in various official fees payable to the IP offices in the UAE. Managing IP considers the reason behind this increase and the potential impact on brand owners and their representatives

A question for all you mediators at this year’s INTA Annual Meeting: someone calls you and says that, since you did a great job on their last three mediations, they want to you to do the next one. But there is a catch: you must not disclose the previous mediations to the other party. Should you agree?

Trademark professionals will have access to new resources to help them keep up to date with the latest developments in law and practice, members of the Trademark Administrators Committee revealed during yesterday’s Trademark Administrators Brunch.

In-house practitioners had an opportunity to network, share their approaches to new gTLDs and learn about ways their companies can connect with millennials through advertising during the In-House Practitioners Workshop and Luncheon yesterday. The day was hosted by Project Team Leaders Monique Cheng Joe of DreamWorks and Christy Hurley of Expedia.

In yesterday’s Japan Patent Office (JPO) User’s Meeting, representatives from the JPO provided INTA Annual Meeting registrants with an update on the how the Office is handling non-traditional marks.

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has begun accepting online applications, making it easier for IP owners to protect their trademark rights in the Organization’s 19 member states. Among its members are Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Annual Meeting Project Team Co-Chairs Joshua Burke of General Mills and Mario Soerensen Garcia of Soerensen Garcia Advogados Associados kicked off Sunday’s Opening Ceremony with the news that the number of registrants as of noon yesterday had reached a record 9,855.

“My name is Brian and I am a public speaker,” confessed Brian W. Brokate of Gibney Anthony & Flaherty in the U.S. So began a series of testimonials from the eight speakers on a panel on public speaking yesterday about their presentation mishaps.

Roll Law Group advises Roll Global, which owns many well-known food products. Danielle Criona, Senior Counsel – Intellectual Property, explains some of the trademark issues she faces.