About INTA
Ladas Memorial Award
We established the Ladas Memorial Award in memory of Stephen P. Ladas, distinguished practitioner and author. We present this annual award, funded by Ladas & Parry LLP, in student and professional categories for a paper on trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks.
The Trademark Reporter (TMR), our law journal, considers the winning papers for possible publication, subject to the TMR Committee’s editorial review and approval.
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Who is eligible to participate?
Members and non-members can submit papers.
What do winners receive?
Student Category
We select the top two papers in this category as award recipients, and the winners will each receive a cash award of US $1,250 as well as complimentary registration to the 2024 Annual Meeting.
Professional Category
We select the top paper in this category as the award recipient, and the winner will receive a set of Stephen P. Ladas’s three-volume treatise Patents, Trademarks, and Related Rights, as well as complimentary registration to the 2024 Annual Meeting.
2022-2023 Ladas Memorial Award Recipients
Professional Category
Alexandra Roberts
Northeastern University School of Law
USA
Student Category
Judith Massia
BPP University Law School
United Kingdom
Student Category
Akansha Sharma
National Law University and Judicial Academy Assam
India
2021 Ladas Memorial Award, Professional Category
Laura Heymann
William and Mary Law School
USA
2021 Ladas Memorial Award, Student Category
Lauren Ingram
American University Washington College of Law
USA
Michael Stephenson
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law in Pennsylvania
USA
2020 Ladas Memorial Award, Professional Category
2020 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Professional Category
Kathleen McCarthy
King & Spalding LLP
USA
2020 Ladas Memorial Award, Student Category
2020 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Student Category
Emily Mola
Florida International University College of Law
2020 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Student Category
Pablo Balañá
Florida International University College of Law
2019 Ladas Memorial Award, Professional Category
2019 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Professional Category
Mark Lemley
Stanford Law School
2019 Ladas Memorial Award, Student Category
2019 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Student Category
Sara Gold
California Western Law
2019 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Student Category
Doori Song
Notre Dame Law School
2018 Ladas Memorial Award, Professional Category
2018 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Professional Category
Jessica M. Kiser
Gonzaga University School of Law
2018 Ladas Memorial Award, Student Category
2018 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Student Category
Meaghan Fontein
Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
2018 Ladas Memorial Award Winner, Student Category
Michelle B. Smit
Notre Dame Law School