2017 Ladas Memorial Award Winners
Professional Category Winner
Jake Linford, Florida State University College of Law, Are Trademarks Ever Fanciful?
Student Category Winners
Natalie Corthésy, Queen Mary University of London, Trade Marks, Country Names And Misappropriation of National Identity
Alexandra Martinez, UC Hastings, The Act of Registering a Trademark: Commercial Speech, Non-Commercial Speech, or a Combination of Both?
2016 Ladas Memorial Award Winners
Professional Category Winner
Christopher McElwain, LaRiviere, Grubman PC, High Stakes: Marijuana and the USPTO’s “[Lawful] Use” Registration Criterion
Student Category Winners
Kristyn Webb, Loyola College of Law, Issue Preclusion Prohibits a “Second Bite of the Apple” But Offers Opponent a Third Bite Instead
Kenneth Matuszewski, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Casting out Confusion: How Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction in the Federal Circuit Would Clarify Trademark Law
2015 Ladas Memorial Award Winners
Student Category Winners
Nellie Amjadi, Santa Clara University School of Law: Are the First Amendment’s Protections Too Big for Its Breeches?
Jamey Minnihan, Gonzaga Law School: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: U.S. Treatment of Well-Known Foreign Trademarks and Its Global Market Implications
Professor Category Winner
Sandra Edelman, Dorsey & Whitney LLP: “Why Wait Three Years? Cancellation of Lanham Act”.