Intellectual Property Law

INTA Recap: Our Own United Nations

By Michael Atkins

Meet the Bloggers IV: Trademark law bloggers of the world unite!

It’s hard to recap a four-day conference involving thousands of trademark lawyers from around the world. Despite my nagging jet lag, I’m still energized. For me, this year’s INTA transcended the usual meeting and greeting. Maybe it’s because I’ve gone to a few of these now and the folks I met for the first time three years ago in San Diego are now becoming good friends. But I started thinking that INTA’s annual meeting could be something of an agent of peace. Take the Meet the Bloggers event (photo above), for example. That night, I met folks kind of like me from England, Italy, Spain, South Africa, the United States, and many points in between. Our own United Nations. The night ended, quite late, over burgers and beer with old and new friends from the States, Holland, and Australia. I thought: this is what it’s all about. Sure, INTA is about making business contacts. But the best business contacts are friends. I’m already looking forward to seeing my friends again next year, when INTA comes to Seattle. Here’s to a peaceful year between now and then.

Photo credit: Tribbey Thornton. Thanks again to this year’s host Jeremy Phillips (pictured in front).

Full post as published by Seattle Trademark Lawyer on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).