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How will shifting consumption patterns affect brand protection? That was one of the questions posed at the INTA panel, Trademarks at the Crossroads of Trade and Culture

Attendees were updated on the confusing approach to irreparable harm in U.S. courts at the INTA Annual Meeting in the session The Presumption of Irreparable Harm: Don’t Stop Believing

In-house counsel discussed the most effective response to online infringement at two sessions at the INTA Annual Meeting this week, recommending IP owners take a strategic approach to brand protection.

INTA’s 137th Annual Meeting will take place in San Diego, California from May 2 to 6, 2015. Co-chairs Joshua J. Burke of General Mills and Mario Soerensen Garcia of Soerensen Garcia Advogados Associados in Brazil predict that it will be educational, entertaining and exciting.

An overhaul of the Indian Trade Marks Registry has brought about considerable improvements to the quality of its services. Thanks to streamlined procedures and increased digitalization, the Trade Marks Registry has been able to reduce pendency times and increase responsiveness in the office.

INTA President Mei-lan Stark had an opportunity to explain the importance of trademarks to the next generation of Hong Kong consumers at the Unreal student engagement session at the INTA Annual Meeting yesterday.

INTA and the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding at the Annual Meeting

Representatives from the Chinese government gave INTA attendees an update on the status of trademark protection in China. Judge Yin Shaoping of the Supreme People’s Court discussed judicial mechanisms for protecting intellectual property, while Zhang Feifei of the Ministry of Public Security gave an overview of China’s successful anticounterfeiting campaigns. Li Zhenzhong of the National Leading Group on the Fight Against IPR Infringement and Counterfeiting provided information about plans to strengthen IP protection at the local and provincial levels, while Professor Tao Xinliang of Shanghai University and Dacheng Law Firm Shanghai Office talked about some of the changes in China’s Trademark Law.

Panelists at a session on plain packaging at the INTA Annual Meeting were united in their concern about the impact of standardized packaging on trademarks and trademark owners

The latest developments on ICANN, the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) tool were discussed in yesterday’s session on trademarks and new gTLDs