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Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law Use as a Trademark

What’s the (Trademark) Use? INTA 2017

This is wild. I didn’t know they did this! But they did. Look, you can watch not talking heads, but the screen (showing our PowerPoints!)... Read more

Posted on September 21, 2020 Humor

Welcome from Barcelona!

Thread. First time I’ve shown up at the @INTA host city so early. Turns out I’ve missed the local celebrations marking our arrival. #INTA17 pic.twitter.com/8uiDUt9Rwu... Read more

Posted on October 29, 2019 Law Practice and Profession

“Your writing is your brand”

My friend David Krell will be giving a presentation at the International Trademark Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco on May 16th entitled, “What is your brand?... Read more

Posted on October 29, 2019 Blogging

Meet. The. Bloggers!

We always have this Meet the Bloggers thing at the annual INTA meeting.  I have been co-sponsoring them along with Marty Schwimmer and John Welch... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 IP Institutions Roundups

“Meet the Bloggers” 2010

It’s going to be a Who’s Who of trademark bloggery! Here’s a sample of those intrepid secondary-meaners besides your hosts (see infra) who have blogged... Read more

Posted on August 14, 2017 Everything else LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

“Fully cooked,” like so much Boston scrod–here comes Meet the Bloggers VI!

Cribbed entirely from The TTABlog® of Beantown home-boy John “Fully cooked, yes, but still Keeping Tabs on the TTAB®” Welch: Meet the Bloggers VI, the... Read more

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 Blogging

Conoce a los bloggers – INTA Barcelona 2017

Ay, Dios mio… viviendo el sueño.  ¿Es realmente posible en nuestro mundo tanto triste y prosaico? ¡Di me, Elvis!  ¡Di me la verdad! Yes, yes,... Read more

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 IP Institutions

INTA’s magic kingdom

Waiting in line for my choc shake . Thanks @cantabip for organizing: #INTA16 Tweetup official group photo. pic.twitter.com/IgMYNy0YGE — Kenneth L. Kunkle (@Kunkle_Law) May 23,... Read more

Posted on July 16, 2014 IP Institutions

INTA thoughts

On the tail end of the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association in Boston, which I’ve used as an excuse not to post much... Read more

Posted on May 6, 2014January 28, 2015 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

Meet the Bloggers X

  No, LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® won’t be at The INTA this year and so I won’t be co-sponsoring Meet the Bloggers X.   Actually, the second... Read more

Posted on July 30, 2013 IP Institutions

I have met the bloggers, and they are us!

Nice event last night at “Meet the Bloggers VII” otherwise not in the least bit known as the “IP Law BlogFestivus.”  You may want to check... Read more

Posted on May 9, 2013December 13, 2016 Law Practice and Profession

It’s fun to stay at the U-N-T-A!

Last year there was much Strum und Drang here about INTA — sorry, I mean The I-N-T-A!, which stands for International Trademark Association! now there’s... Read more

Posted on April 23, 2013April 23, 2015 IP Institutions Law Practice and Profession

Meet the Bloggers – INTA, Dallas, 2013!

What else is there to say? Of course you’re invited! Read more

Posted on May 16, 2012May 16, 2012 IP Institutions

A long blog thread’s journey INTA night

Now:  I had mentioned that the Managing IP link I provided in the first INTA post alluded to some pretty interesting fireworks involving the “empty... Read more

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