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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Ladas Memorial Award Competition

Established in memory of distinguished practitioner and author, Stephen P. Ladas, the Ladas Memorial Award Competition is an annual award that is presented in two categories–Student and Professional–for a paper on trademark law or a matter that directly relates to, or affects, trademarks.

Award:
The student and professional winners receive a U.S. $2,000 cash award; a set of Stephen P. Ladas’s three-volume treatise, Patents, Trademarks, and Related Rights; and an invitation to attend INTA’s Gala. The winning papers are also published in INTA’s legal journal, The Trademark Reporter.

Categories of Competition

Student
• Eligible students must be enrolled as either full- or part-time law or graduate students.
• For students outside of the United States, university enrollment is acceptable.
• Students must provide proof of matriculation; school ID is acceptable.

Professional
• Authors may be legal practitioners, business professionals and/or academics.

• No restrictions regarding level of experience or years in practice apply.

Requirements:
1.    Subject of the paper must be trademark law or a matter that directly relates to, or affects, trademarks.
2.    Eligible papers may include both original unpublished manuscripts and published articles that are submitted to INTA by the submission deadline.
3.    Published articles must have been first published no longer than one year prior to the competition deadline.
4.    Paper must be a product of the author’s original thought and scholarship.
5.    Paper may be co-authored.
6.    More than one paper may be submitted for consideration.
7.    Paper must be limited to twenty-five pages.

Judging Criteria:
• Nature, breadth and timeliness of subject(s) addressed.
• Originality of subject and of thought.
• Extent of research and scholarship.
• Quality of writing.

Register for the competition:
To complete an application and submit your paper(s), please visit www.inta.org/ladasapply. The deadline to apply is January 17, 2014.
Email ladasaward@inta.org with questions.

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