INTA J. Scott Evans chats with us about his new role as president of the International Trademark Association INTA, we give you background information about the serious unrest at the European Patent Office and we talk about the new dedicated IPR court in Shanghai.

 

IP FRIDAYS

 

Co-Presenters:

Rolf Claessen and Kenneth Suzan

 

Episode 20 – January 23, 2015

 

RC =   Rolf Claessen

KS =    Kenneth Suzan

JSE = J. Scott Evans

 

This is Mark Lemley from Stanford Law School and you are listening to IP Fridays.

 

KS:      Hello and welcome to this episode of IP Fridays.  Our names are Ken Suzan and Rolf Claessen and this is THE podcast dedicated to Intellectual Property.  It does not matter where you are from, in-house or private practice, novice or expert, we will help you stay up-to-date with current topics in the fields of trademarks, patents, design and copyright, discover useful tools and much more.

 

RC:      Well thank you for tuning in to the 20th edition of IP Fridays.  Today we have an interview with the INTA President, J. Scott Evans, we will tell you about the unrest at the European Patent Office and we will talk about the newly established IPR Court in Shanghai.  But before that, we want to tease our get together for our listeners during the INTA meeting.  We will be meeting on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. and we will make available a reservation link shortly so, if you are interested in meeting us and meeting your fellow listeners, mark the day, May 5th, Tuesday, during the INTA meeting.

 

On December 28th, the first standalone Intellectual Property Rights Court in Shanghai was officially unveiled.  This follows a 25% increase in IPR cases in Shanghai so just to let you know, in 2013 there were 6,656 cases accepted at the IPR local courts in Shanghai so these cases just mean the IPR cases, so Intellectual Property Rights cases, that was an increase of 25% over the year 2012 and the Shanghai police handled 2,589 cases related to counterfeit and infringement, up almost 77% on 2012.  If you want to read the whole story, just point your browser to www.ipfridays.com/shanghai.

 

So now I am very excited to announce the feature interview of today which is with the INTA President, J. Scott Evans, and Ken had the chance to talk to him.

 

KEN SUZAN’S INTERVIEW WITH J. SCOTT EVANS:

 

KS:      Thank you Rolf, I am joined today by Mr. J. Scott Evans, who is the President Elect of the International Trademark Association, or otherwise known in the industry as INTA.   Mr. Evans currently serves as Associate General Counsel, Trademarks, Copyright, Domains & Marketing at Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Mr. Evans received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University and his Juris Doctor cum laude in 1992 from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at The University of Louisville.  He first served as Corporate Counsel for Fruit of the Loom where he was responsible for managing the international intellectual property portfolios for Fruit of the Loom and its associate companies The B.V.D. Licensing Corporation, Gitano, Pro Player and Salem Sportswear, Inc.

 

In November 1996, Mr. Evans joined Adams Evans P.A. where he continued to concentrate his practice in the areas of trademark, copyright, unfair competition and Internet law.

 

In November 2007, he joined the legal team at Yahoo! Inc. where he served as a Senior Legal Director – Global Brands and Trademarks.  Mr. Evans joined Adobe Systems Incorporated in October 2013 as Associate General Counsel.  He is a past president of the Intellectual Property Constituency,