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Last night’s Gala Dinner was held in the Garden Court of the San Francisco Palace Hotel. Titled Nuit de Moulin Rouge, it featured can-can dancing, violinists, a contortionist and magician Paul Nathan. INTA President Gerhard Bauer honored this year’s awards for academic and legal excellence.

Nothing says home like the aroma of chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven

INTA thanks the firms that hosted pre-Annual Meeting receptions. These were held in: Beijing (hosted by Unitalen), Brussels, Los Angeles (Zuber & Taillieu), Miami (Foley & Lardner), Quito (Falconi Puiq, Abogados), San Francisco (Harvey Siskind) Warsaw (LDS Laweszki Depo & Partners and Polservice), Madrid (J&A Garrigues, S.L.P.), Moscow (Gowlings), Munich (Grünecker Kinkeldey Stockmair & Schwanhäusser), New Delhi (Ranjan Narula Associates), New York, Paris (SBKG & Associés), Seoul (DW Partners), South Africa (Spoor & Fisher) and Zeist (Netherlands-De Gier Stam & Advocaten).

Professor Charles Gielen of NautaDutilh has been appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was presented with the honor at a ceremony earlier this month in recognition of his services to intellectual property and other community activities.

This year’s Annual Meeting co-chairs have three main hopes for attendees: That they will be impressed with the quality of the sessions; that they will make several new business connections; and that they will drink some great wine

The USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has published the long-awaited third edition of its Trademark Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP), to the delight of US trademark owners and practitioners.

Aggressively enforcing the letter of the law in the social media world isn’t always the brightest idea, according to Professor Mark Lemley who will be speaking at today’s in-house luncheon. By Fionn O’Raghallaigh

Asian Art Museum

In his first interview as OHIM President, António Campinos tells James Nurton about his plans for the Office and the future of trademarks in Europe.

Gerhard Bauer of Daimler is INTA’s first non-native English speaking President. James Nurton spoke to him about brands, the Bay Area and burning issues