ILN Specialty Groups > Intellectual Property

Headed by Marga Wolpert of Wolpert Rechtsanw�lte, Bad Homburg, Germany and Norman Zivin of Cooper & Dunham LLP, New York, New York, the Intellectual Property Group provides the platform for enhanced communication, enabling all of its members to easily service the needs of their clients requiring advice on cross-border transactions. The group has hosted events in conjunction with the International Trademark Association's (INTA) Annual Meeting since 2004. In San Diego, they showcased their collective expertise at a buffet lunch, which brought together ILN members, clients, and potential clients. It followed one of the morning's concurrent sessions - "No Longer a Missing Link - The CTM and the Madrid Protocol." With the United States joining the Madrid Protocol on November 2, 2003, the informal discussions at lunch were an interesting forum to talk about the reasons for the use or non-use of the Madrid Protocol, based on the group Members' experiences from two perspectives, including the reasons for the filing of International Applications by American Companies using the Madrid Protocol and the reasons to request the extension of trademark protection in the United States by foreign companies using the Madrid Protocol.

The group met most recently at INTA's 2010 Annual Meeting in Boston for lunch and meets regularly during ILN Regional and Annual Meetings for discussions on topics of common interest. They recently published their inaugural roundtable on the topic "How Can Companies Save Money While Adequately Protecting Their Trademarks Internationally?" which is available on the ILN website.

May 1, 2008

Marga Wolpert, Committee Co-Chair
	Direct Dial: (+49) 6172 - 28892- 0 Email: wolpert@wolpert-ra.de http://wolpert-ra.de ILN Specialty Groups: Antitrust/Competition Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property	Wolpert Rechtsanwälte (Intellectual Property, competiton law, contract-and antitrust law (including litigation)) Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 87 Bad Homburg, 61348 Germany Telephone: (+49) 6172 - 28892- 0 Facsimile: (+49) 6172 - 28892 - 22

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