New INTA President Jacqueline Leimer Takes Office.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2004 On January 1, 2004, Jacqueline Leimer officially began her one-year term as president of the International Trademark Association. Ms. Leimer, who is currently chief counsel, global trademarks for Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for in Northfield, Illinois Northfield is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately 19 mi (30 km) north of Chicago. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 5,389. Geography Northfield is located at (42. , USA, succeeds 2003 president Kathryn Barrett Park. Prior to her election as president of the Association, she served INTA INTA International Trademark Association INTA Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (National Institute of Agricultural Technology; Argentina) INTA Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aerospacial as an officer and member of INTA's Board of Directors. As executive vice president in 2003, Ms. Leimer served as chair of the Planning Committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación . She was also chair of the 1998 Mid-Year Meeting Project Team and served on the Meetings Committee for several years. Ms. Leimer looks forward to advancing INTA's role as a leader in worldwide intellectual property matters. Specifically, her plans include seeking the introduction of legislation to revise the U.S. Federal Trademark Dilution Act The Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 is a United States federal law which protects famous trademarks from uses that dilute their distinctiveness, even in the absence of any likelihood of confusion or competition. It went into effect on January 16, 1996. in the wake of the Victoria's Secret For the Sonata Arctica single, see Victoria's Secret (song) Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of high quality lingerie and beauty products.[2] case, and strengthening INTA's relations with the Chinese government and IP practitioners. She also plans to create a task force dedicated to leadership development within the Association, and lead INTA in establishing policies that prevent the manufacture and sale of counterfeit goods. "I am committed to maintaining INTA's high visibility as the premier organization for trademark owners and professionals," Ms. Leimer says. "In addition, I plan to promote the growth of volunteers, particularly the next generation of INTA leaders." Also elected for 2003 are the following INTA officers and counsel: Anne Gundelfinger, Intel Corporation (President Elect); Paul W. Reidl, E. & J. Gallo Winery (Vice President); Rhonda Steele, Mars Incorporated (Vice President); Dee Ann Weldon-Wilson, Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation U.S.-based oil and gas company formed in 1999 through the merger of Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. It has investments and operations in petroleum and natural gas, coal, nuclear fuels, chemicals, and ores. (Vice President); Scott E. Thompson, Colgate-Palmolive Company (Treasurer); David Gooder, Jack Daniels's Properties and Southern Comfort Properties (Secretary) and Lynda E. Roesch, Dinsmore & Shohl L.L.P. (Counsel). For further details, visit the INTA website at www.inta.org/about/officers.html. About INTA The International Trademark Association (INTA) is an association of more than 4,300 trademark owners and professionals, from more than 170 countries, dedicated to the support and advancement of trademarks and related intellectual property as elements of fair and effective national and international commerce. For more information on the Association and its goals, visit the INTA website at www.inta.org INTA Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most -- Elaine Czach, Public Relations Specialist, + 1 (212) 642-1749, eczach@inta.org -- Naeran Rubio, Managing Editor, INTA Bulletin, + 1 (212) 642-1712, nrubio@inta.org -- Daryl G. Grecich, Director, Marketing and Communications, + 1 (212) 642-1707, dgrecich@inta.org |
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