LADAS & PARRY LLP CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS OF THE 2016 LADAS MEMORIAL AWARD
The International Trademark Association (INTA) have announced the 2016 Ladas Memorial Award Competition Winners. The Ladas Memorial Award Competition is an annual writing competition hosted by INTA and supported by Ladas & Parry LLP which rewards professionals and students of intellectual property.
Professional Category Winner:
- Mr. Christopher McElwain of LaRiviere, Grubman PC, High Stakes: Marijuana and the USPTO’s “[Lawful] Use” Registration Criterion
Student Category Winners:
- Ms. Kristyn Webb of Loyola College of Law, Issue Preclusion Prohibits a “Second Bite of the Apple” But Offers Opponent a Third Bite Instead
- Mr. Kenneth Matuszewski of Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Casting out Confusion: How Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction in the Federal Circuit Would Clarify Trademark Law
The Ladas Memorial Award Competition was established by the partners of Ladas & Parry to honor the memory of the outstanding contributions to international intellectual property law made by the distinguished practitioner, inductee of the IP Hall of Fame, and author, Dr. Stephen P. Ladas.
Papers are submitted in two separate author categories — one competition for students and another for professionals. In each category, the award is given to the paper which INTA judges deem as being the best on the subject of trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks.
The professional winner of the 2016 Ladas Memorial Award receives the Stephen P. Ladas’s three-volume treatise, Patents, Trademarks, and Related Rights and the student winners each receive $2,500 as well as a complimentary registration to the 2016 INTA Annual Meeting. The winning papers are published in the INTA legal journal, The Trademark Reporter.