International Trademark Association

Perry J. Saidman will be one among a star-studded array of experts who will speak at the upcoming International Trademark Association (INTA) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) two-day conference titled, "2005 Worldwide Forum on Marks and Designs" in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on September 8-9, 2005. Mr. Saidman's topic will be "The Overlap Between Marks & Designs". Some of the other topics that will be addressed are:

• Business challenges; IP solutions
• Three routes to the registration of marks and designs
• Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks
• Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs
• Resolving disputes through arbitration and mediation
• National and regional systems for the registration of designs
• Who is obtaining design registrations for what?
• Non-conventional marks: representation of the mark
• Indications of goods and services: Is broader better?
• Developing the international law of trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications
• The Madrid System: An interface between the trademark systems of the world

For more information on this forum, please visit: www.inta.org/forums/2005/worldwide/