(Publ. 8 MAR 2018) As last year, the European Communities Trade Mark Association, ECTA, will grant an award to an individual who has written an article or an essay which has been of importance for the development of European Trade Mark Law, Design law, Copyright law or Geographical Indications law.

Students and professionals are invited to take part in the ECTA AWARD 2018. The deadline for receipt of papers is the 15th of April 2018.

The full ECTA Award criteria can be found here
The synopsis for the student category can be found here
The synopsis for the professional category can be found here

The award will be presented in Athens during the Association’s 37th Annual Conference on 13th June, 2018.

About ECTA:
ECTA, the European Communities Trade Mark Association, was formed in 1980. ECTA numbers approximately 1.500 members, coming from all the Member States of the European Union, with associate members from all over the world. It brings together all the people dealing professionally with trade marks in the Member States of the European Union. These professionals are lawyers, trade mark advisors, trade mark attorneys, in-house counsels and others who can be considered specialist practitioners in these areas. More information can be read here www.ecta.org