Managing Intellectual Property‘s Global Trademark Forum takes place this Wednesday,  April 14, 2021.

The all-day virtual event has approximately 200 attendees on average, from in-house trademark counsel, to law firms, and IP and brand protection vendors.  This year’s event focuses on brand management and protection strategies, including online enforcement issues.   Sessions include:

1.  Evolving your brand management strategy

  • Interplay between trademark and copyright law
  • Licensing and commercialization opportunities
  • Social media legal issues

2.  Fighting Fakes and Infringers

  •  How to mitigate counterfeiting and remote enforcement solutions
  •  How blockchain and AI technologies can assist brand enforcement efforts
  •  Digitization and automation of trademarks using big date

3.  Effectively Managing Trademark and Brand Enforcement

  • How and where to register trademarks internationally
  • How to effectively instruct foreign trademark associates
  • When to litigate

The speakers for this event include a wide-variety of international trademark counsel,  both in-house and law firms, as well and other brand protection technology and solutions providers.   Scheduled speakers include:

  • Diane Hamer, Head of Business and Legal Affairs Content and Brand Protection, BBC
  • Lorraine Tay, Head of IP Group, Bird & Bird, Singapore
  • Mary Carragher, Chief Counsel, Global Marketing and Media, Mondolez International
  • Luna Zhang, Senior Counsel, Kangxin Partners, Bejing
  • Zoe Martin, Brand Protection Consultant, Corsearch

This year’s forum will include opportunities for discussion and networking.  Participants will also be given the opportunity to participate in Q&A’s live polling, and breakout sessions.

Editor’s Note:  The use of AI and technology in brand management is top of mind for trademark professionals these days.  I was a featured speaker in a similar CLE event that took place last month.   The program was entitled Effective Brand Protection Strategy, A Comprehensive Guide for Companies, sponsored by The Knowledge Group. 

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James Hastings is an attorney with the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice Group of Practus, LLP.  He is a certified mediator of the INTA Panel of Mediators, an international roster of select professionals with expertise in trademark dispute resolution.

James is…

James Hastings is an attorney with the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice Group of Practus, LLP.  He is a certified mediator of the INTA Panel of Mediators, an international roster of select professionals with expertise in trademark dispute resolution.

James is the publisher of Trademark Opposition Lawyer, an online advisory dedicated to helping brand owners understand important issues that arise in proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  His commentary has been featured on Corporate Counsel, Law.com, LegalZoom,and other digital publications.

He devotes his practice to trademark opposition and trademark cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Over the course of his career, he has represented the interests of numerous national and international brand owners in trademark litigation matters in both the U.S. District Courts and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Prior to his current affiliation with Practus, LLP, James was in-house counsel to a New England-based catalog retailer, where he was responsible for developing trademark portfolio acquisition, protection, and licensing strategies.  Earlier in his career, he was a partner and associate at intellectual property law firms in New York, where he was engaged in trademark portfolio and intellectual property protection work on behalf of well-known fashion and personal care brands.

James is a member of the New York and Connecticut bars.  He has lectured at University MBA programs and legal education conferences on the issues of trademark protection and e-commerce law.

Past and Present Membership

  • International Trademark Association
  • Association Corporate Counsel
  • National E-tailing and Mail Order Organization of America