The International Trademark Association (INTA) will hold its 2020 annual meeting at a US venue in November.
This year’s meeting was set to be held in Singapore next month, but was postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
In a statement, INTA CEO Etienne Sanz de Acedo said: “While we originally had intended to reschedule the annual meeting for May or June, and had planned to launch registration a few weeks ago, we held off because of the fast-moving developments and escalating uncertainty of the public health crisis."
“We believe that delaying the meeting until November is the most viable and most judicious decision at this time,” Sanz de Acedo added.
For the first time, INTA will combine the annual meeting with its leadership meeting of directors and committee heads.
INTA said the date, venue, and registration timeline of the meeting would “follow soon”.
Source: World IP Review