Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to announce that several of its shareholders have been once again appointed to committee roles with the International Trademark Association (INTA).
Shareholder Daniel P. Mullarkey will serve on the Publications Committee, which produces and maintains most of INTA’s members-only legal resources, including Fact Sheets, Practitioners’ Checklists, industry papers, an extensive Glossary of trademark terms, and more.
Shareholder Andrea M. Porterfield has been appointed to the Academic Committee, which supports law students and professors through the development of member benefits and services and programs designed to meet their specific needs and advance their careers.
Shareholder John R. Posthumus has been named vice chair of INTA’s International Amicus Committee, which provides expertise concerning trademark and other intellectual property-related laws to courts and trademark offices around the world through the submission of amicus curiae briefs or similar filings.
Shareholder Matthew J. Smith, who serves as Polsinelli’s vice chair of the Trademark, Copyright & Branding Group, has been appointed to the Building Bridges Committee, which focuses on fostering strategic partnerships with non-intellectual property and non-legal organizations, including advertising and marketing associations; consumer associations; financial and standard-setting associations; licensing associations; and retail and manufacturing associations.
Shareholder Adam S. Weiss, who serves as Polsinelli’s chair of the Trademark, Copyright & Branding Group, will serve on the Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee, which develops and advocates INTA’s policy on the balanced protection of famous and well-known marks. The committee monitors and analyzes developments in treaties, cases, legislation, and regulation in various jurisdictions, and proposes policy recommendations to the INTA Board.
Of Counsel Laila S. Wolfgram will serve on the Trademark Reporter Committee, which publishes The Trademark Reporter (TMR), INTA’s scholarly law journal. Founded in 1911, the TMR delivers cutting-edge, peer-reviewed scholarship on trademarks, brands, and related areas of intellectual property to practitioners, academics, and courts around the world.
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