INTA Foundation and Queen Mary University of London Announce Grant for Papers on the Intersection of Intellectual Property and DEI

New York, New York—May 1, 2023—The INTA Foundation, with its mission to expand educational and professional development opportunities in intellectual property (IP) for diverse, under-represented populations around the world, has joined together with Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) to establish and fund a writing competition.

The competition will select the three best LL.M dissertation essays that explore IP law in relation to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Enrolled students are invited to submit 10,000 word research papers that address multi-jurisdictional research exploring themes such as access to IP and the trademark profession for diverse populations or the impact of IP on diverse populations.

The essays will be judged by CCLS faculty members who will make the final selection with input from senior members of the INTA Foundation Board of Governors. The call for papers went out in January 2023 and winners will be informed by November 2023. The three winners will share the £10,000 grant money and the first prize winner will also have the opportunity to work with the Director of Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute to ensure the publication of the essay in a leading US law journal.

“The INTA Foundation is working with academic institutions all over the globe to create a more inclusive IP community. I am proud to be on the Board of an organization that seeks to improve access to and explore the opportunities of the IP world. I am also proud to see the very positive and constructive response we receive from world leading academic institutions such as Queen Mary University when teaming up with us for a joint project,” said INTA Foundation Governor Burkhart Goebel (Hogan Lovells International LLP, Germany/Spain).

Professor Uma Suthersanen, Director of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, said: “We are extremely grateful to the INTA Foundation for this generosity and recognition of our postgraduate students’ academic achievements. Moreover, these prizes support Queen Mary’s nationally recognized work in promoting such inclusive values and being named the best university in the United Kingdom for social mobility. We hope to continue this fruitful partnership into the future.”

About the INTA Foundation
The INTA Foundation is the charitable and philanthropic entity of the International Trademark Association (INTA) that seeks to expand educational and professional development opportunities in intellectual property (IP) for diverse, under-represented populations around the world. The INTA Foundation Board of Governors guides our activities with the generous support of our donor community. Through this support, the INTA Foundation is able to provide grants to organizations all over the world to create research and educational opportunities for students that might not otherwise have access to IP and the trademark profession. For more information, visit inta.org/Foundation.

About the International Trademark Association
The International Trademark Association (INTA) is a global association of brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and complementary intellectual property (IP) to foster consumer trust, economic growth, and innovation, and committed to building a better society through brands. Members include nearly 6,000 organizations, representing more than 33,500 individuals (trademark owners, professionals, and academics) from 181 countries, who benefit from the Association’s global trademark resources, policy development, education and training, and international network. Founded in 1878, INTA is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Beijing, Brussels, Santiago, Singapore, and the Washington, D.C., Metro Area, and representatives in Amman and New Delhi. For more information, visit inta.org.

About Queen Mary University of London
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence – and we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

A member of the prestigious Russell Group, Queen Mary is a research-intensive university that connects minds worldwide. We work across the humanities and social sciences, medicine and dentistry, and science and engineering, with inspirational teaching directly informed by our world-leading research.

Our distinctive history stretching back to 1785 is built on four historic institutions (the London Hospital Medical College, St Bartholomew’s Medical College, Westfield College and Queen Mary College) with a shared vision to provide hope and opportunity for the less privileged or otherwise under-represented. Today, we remain true to that belief in opening the doors of opportunity for anyone with the potential to succeed and helping to build a future we can all be proud of.

Visit qmul.ac.uk to find out more.

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