News overview:

Ludmila Olishevich, patent attorney of Grischenko & Partners, attended 133 annual conference of INTA.

14-18 May 2011 in San Francisco (USA) hosted 133 Annual Conference of the International Association for the brands (INTA). This year's conference was attended by some 10,000 participants from more than 140 countries. The conference was held in the form of working groups and committees, seminars, round tables, as well as official and private receptions.

During the conference, in particular, addressed the following questions:

- News of the European world of trademarks and domain names;

- Effective use of the Web sites and online search engines Patent Offices around the world;

- Ethical issues in the event of a conflict of interest;

- Protection of trademarks in developing countries;

- Trademarks in the virtual world;

- Features the effective management of a global portfolio of brands;

- Conducting an audit of assets trademarks, domain names and licenses to trademarks in mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions.