International Trademark Association Announces the 2007 – 2008 Ladas Memorial Award Competition Winners
New York, NY – August 13, 2008 – The Annual Ladas Memorial Award Competition was counted as another achievement as students and professionals submitted first-rate paper entries.
This Competition, sponsored by the International Trademark Association (INTA), is supported by the law firm of Ladas & Parry LLP in memory of the outstanding contributions to international intellectual property law made by the distinguished practitioner and author Stephen P. Ladas.
The Ladas Award is presented once a year in two separate author categories with one competition for students and one for professionals. In each category, the award is given to the paper judged best on the subject of trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks.
The Student Competition Winner was Elizabeth Flanagan, a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota Law School. Ms. Flanagan’s winning entry was her article, “No Free Parking: Obtaining Relief from Trademark-Infringing Domain Name Parking.”
The Professional Competition Winners were Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Mark D. Janis. Graeme Dinwoodie is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Mark Janis is a Professor of Law at The University of Iowa. Their winning entry was titled, “Confusion Over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law.”
“This year’s Ladas Memorial Award Competition was an exciting contest as we had numerous outstanding entries that showcased the talent and ability that surrounds the intellectual property field,” said Vincent Palladino, co-chair of the Ladas Memorial Award Competition and partner with Ropes & Gray, LLP, New York, NY.
Kevin J. McDevitt, co-chair of the Ladas Memorial Award Competition and co-founder and member of Neal & McDevitt, LLC went on to say, “We are extremely proud of the hard-work shown by this year’s participants and appreciate the strong competition and its benefit to all those involved.”
The Student and Professional winners of the Ladas Memorial Award Competition are individually recognized with a US $2,000 cash award and a set of Stephen P. Ladas’ three-volume treatise. Each year, the winners are invited to attend the INTA Gala, held as part of INTA’s Annual Meeting, where they are recognized before the outstanding volunteers and leaders of the Association. The student winner also receives a travel and lodging stipend of up to US $1,000 to attend the Gala.
The Ladas Memorial Award Competition is open to all students, practitioners and academics interested in trademarks and trademark law. To be eligible to compete in the Student category, authors must be enrolled as either full- or part-time law or graduate students. For students outside the United States, university enrollment is acceptable.
To be eligible to compete in the Professional category, authors may be legal practitioners, business professionals and / or academics. No restrictions regarding level of experience or years in practice apply.
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