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Call For Papers: Third Annual INTA Trademark Scholarship Symposium

The International Trademark Association (“INTA”) is pleased to host the Third Annual Trademark Scholarship Symposium during the 134th INTA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The Symposium will take place on Monday, May 7, 2012 as part of INTA’s Academic Day and is an opportunity for trademark scholars from around the world (including full-time and part-time professors, graduates and post-graduate students) to participate in small group discussions of scholarly works-in-progress. Each selected scholar will present their project in a workshop setting, receive comments, and then have the opportunity to engage in a dialogue with other academic scholars and accomplished trademark practitioners.

Participants in the Symposium will also be able to attend other INTA Academic Day programs, including an academic forum all-professor panel, a trademark professor luncheon featuring presentations on the latest developments in the trademark field, a reception and other networking opportunities.

On or before January 15, 2012, interested academic scholars should send an abstract (approximately 300 words) describing a current scholarship project for a paper on a topic in the field of trademark or unfair competition law to Signe H. Naeve at SNaeve@uw.edu. The Task Force will then select a maximum of 12 projects to be presented at the Symposium, grouped into related topics or themes. Selections will be announced by February 15, 2012. For each selected project, a working draft of the paper to be presented must be submitted by April 15, 2012. Contact Signe if you have any questions.

The Symposium is organized by the INTA Professor Task Force:

· Barton Beebe, Professor of Law, New York University Law School
· David C. Berry, Professor of Law and Director, Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
· Megan M. Carpenter, Associate Professor of Law, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
· Eric Goldman, Associate Professor and Director High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law
· Mark Janis, Chair of Law and Director, Center for Intellectual Property Research, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
· Susan Barbieri Montgomery, Executive Professor of Law and Business, Northeastern University School of Law & College of Business Administration
· Signe H. Naeve, Associate Director, Law, Technology & Arts Group, University of Washington School of Law
· Antonio Selas, Professor of Law, Law School of Universidad Carlos III, Madrid Spain

INTA Academic Day and Annual Meeting Registration Information: INTA offers a variety of discounted registration options for INTA professor and student members and non-member professors and students to attend the 2012 INTA Annual Meeting. For Annual Meeting registration information, please contact Carin Diep-Dixon at cdiep@inta.org.