TO UPLOAD YOUR BRIEFS FOR THE 2018-2019 COMPETITION PLEASE REFER TO THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL THAT WAS RECEIVED UPON REGISTRATION. BRIEFS ARE DUE ON JANUARY 4, 2019 by 5:00 PM ET.
The Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition is an annual event honoring Saul Lefkowitz, whose entire distinguished career was dedicated to the development of trademark and unfair competition law.
The competition introduces law students to important issues arising in U.S. trademark and unfair competition law. Students develop their brief writing and oral advocacy skills in a mock courtroom experience.
The competition is open to teams of students from U.S. accredited law schools. Approximately 80 teams of law students participate in the competition each year.
Students are expected to:
- Write a brief reflecting the issues in the Fact Pattern/Problem.
- Argue the case in regional competitions before a panel of volunteer attorneys and, judges from various district and other courts, and two winning teams from each region argue the case in a national competition before members of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The Regional Competition takes place in February in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Two teams from each of the regional competitions will advance to the National Finals in Washington, D.C. in March.
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2018–2019 Competition Materials
Dates for 2018–2019 Competition
- Week of September 10 – Registration opens
- October 12, 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time – Registration closes
- January 4, 2019, 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time – Briefs and substitution of team members due
- February 9 – Regional Oral Argument Competitions (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles New York, San Francisco)
- March 16 – National Finals in Washington, D.C.
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The National Finals winners are:
- Winning Team: Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT (Brittany Kaplan and Evan Kline-Wedeen)
- Second Place Team: University of California Berkeley School of Law (Thao Thai and Kelsey Schuetz)
- Dolores K. Hanna Best Brief Award: University of California Berkeley School of Law
- Second Place Brief: Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT (Brittany Kaplan and Evan Kline-Wedeen)
- Best Oral Argument: Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT (Brittany Kaplan and Evan Kline-Wedeen)
- Second Place Oral Argument Team: University of California Los Angeles School of Law (Aidan Welsh and Julia Markham-Cameron)
Regional Award Winners:
New York:
- Georgetown University Law Center
- University of Maine School of Law
Chicago:
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
- Notre Dame Law School
Atlanta:
- Georgia State University College of Law
- Georgia State University College of Law
Dallas:
- University of Oklahoma College of Law
- SMU Dedman School of Law
San Francisco:
- University of California Berkeley School of Law
- University of California Hasting College of Law
Los Angeles:
- Pepperdine University School of Law
- University of California Los Angeles School of Law
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The National Finals winners are:
- Winning Team: University of San Francisco School of Law (Nguyen La, Daniel Gaitan, Jeffrey Hughes, Liam McNamara)
- Second Place Team: University of California Davis School of Law (William Foster, Collin Chandler, Nicolas Sweeney)
- Dolores K. Hanna Best Brief Award: University of California Davis School of Law (William Foster, Collin Chandler, Nicolas Sweeney)
- Second Place Brief: The University of Oklahoma College of Law (Stan West, Ngoc (Natalie) Nguyen, Ariane Takano)
- Best Oral Argument: University of San Francisco School of Law (Nguyen La, Daniel Gaitan, Jeffrey Hughes, Liam McNamara)
- Second Place Oral Argument Team: University of Maine School of Law (Morghan Beaudoin, Matthew Altieri)
Regional Award Winners:
East- New York
- 1st Place: George Washington University Law School
- 2nd Place: University of Maine School of Law
- Best Brief: TIE: George Washington University Law School, University of Maine School of Law, American University Washington College of Law
- Best Oral Argument: George Washington University Law School
Southeast-Atlanta
- 1st Place: George Mason University School of Law
- 2nd Place: University of North Carolina School of Law
- Best Brief: University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
- Best Oral Argument: University of Alabama School of Law
Southwest- Dallas
- 1st Place: University of Oklahoma School of Law
- 2nd Place: University of Oklahoma School of Law
- Best Brief: University of Oklahoma School of Law
- Best Oral Argument: University of Oklahoma School of Law
Midwest- Chicago
- 1st Place: Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
- 2nd Place: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Best Brief: Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
- Best Oral Argument: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
West- San Francisco
- 1st Place: University of San Francisco School of Law
- 2nd Place: University of California Davis School of Law
- Best Brief: University of California Davis School of Law
- Best Oral Argument: Gonzaga School of Law
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The National Finals Winners
- Winning Team: George Washington University Law School (Andrew Walter, Michael Wolfe)
- Second Place Team: Chicago- Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (Kenneth Matuszewski, Stephanie Crigler)
- Dolores K. Hanna Best Brief Award: Creighton University School of Law (John Hines, Mandi Liston, Kaela McCabe)
- Second Place Brief: Chicago- Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (Kenneth Matuszewski, Stephanie Crigler)
- Best Oral Argument: George Washington University Law School (Andrew Walter, Michael Wolfe)
- Second Place Oral Argument: Chicago- Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (Kenneth Matuszewski, Stephanie Crigler)
Regional Award Winners
East – New York
- 1st Place: Brooklyn Law School (Alexandra Farin, Doran Gittleman, Jordan Meddy, Marissa Potts)
- 2nd Place: George Washington University Law School (Andrew Walter, Michael Wolfe)
- Best Brief: Brooklyn Law School (Alexandra Farin, Doran Gittleman, Jordan Meddy, Marissa Potts)
- Best Oral Argument: Brooklyn Law School (Alexandra Farin, Doran Gittleman, Jordan Meddy, Marissa Potts)
Southeast – Atlanta
- 1st Place: George Mason University School of Law (Jacob Mace, Rachel Kim, Alex Summerton, Jay York)
- 2nd Place: Emory University School of Law (Samantha Skolnick, Natalie Prince)
- Best Brief: George Mason University School of Law (Jacob Mace, Rachel Kim, Alex Summerton, Jay York)
- Best Oral Argument: Emory University School of Law (Samantha Skolnick, Natalie Prince)
Southwest – Dallas
- 1st Place: Creighton University School of Law (John Hines, Mandi Liston, Kaela McCabe)
- 2nd Place: The University Of Oklahoma College of Law (Foster Dobry, Abigail Ryan, Jeff Swigart)
- Best Brief: Creighton University School of Law (John Hines, Mandi Liston, Kaela McCabe)
- Best Oral Argument: The University of Oklahoma College of Law (Foster Dobry, Abigail Ryan, Jeff Swigart)
Midwest – Chicago
- 1st Place: Chicago- Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (Kenneth Matuszewski, Stephanie Crigler)
- 2nd Place: Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Robert Gottfried, Elisabeth Fiordalisi)
- Best Brief: Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (Kenneth Matuszewski, Stephanie Crigler)
- Best Oral Argument: Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Robert Gottfried, Elisabeth Fiordalisi)
West – San Francisco
- 1st Place: University of San Diego School of Law (Alina Litoshyk, Emily Reber)
- 2nd Place: University of California Davis School of Law (Oscar Orozco-Botello, Jacob Rosenbaum, Addy Tang
- Best Brief: University of California Davis School of Law (Oscar Orozco-Botello, Jacob Rosenbaum, Addy Tang)
- Best Oral Argument: University of California Berkeley, School of Law (Monsura Sirajee, Kevin Castillo)
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The National Finals Winners
- Winning Team: University of Chicago Law, (Samuel Jahangir, William Johnson, Robert Sandoval and Timothy White)
- Second Place Team: The John Marshall Law School, Heather Grace Hensley and RiKaleigh C. Johnson
- Third Place Team: Georgetown University School of Law, (Matthew Haskell and Nathaniel DeLucia)
- Dolores K. Hanna Best Brief Award: University of Chicago, Samuel Jahangir, William Johnson, Robert Sandoval and Timothy White
- Second Place Brief: The John Marshall Law School, (Heather Grace Hensley and RiKaleigh C. Johnson)
- Best Oral Argument: University of Baltimore School of Law, (Michael Brook and Katherine Bloom)
- Second Place Oral Argument Team: Georgetown University School of Law, (Matthew Haskell and Nathaniel DeLucia)
Regional Award Winners
East – New York
- 1st Place, Best Brief and Best Oral Argument: Georgetown University School of Law (Matthew Haskell and Nathaniel DeLucia)
- 2nd Place: University of Baltimore School of Law (Michael Brook and Katherine Bloom)
- 3rd Place: Rutgers University School of Law – Camden (Heather Schubert and Dylan Hastings)
Southeast – Atlanta
- 1st Place and Best Oral Argument: George Mason University School of Law (Jacob Mace and Jacqueline Nguyen)
- 2nd Place and Best Brief: University of North Carolina School of Law (Christopher Dwight, Zachary Ainsztein, and Ryan Niland)
- 3rd Place: University of Virginia School of Law (Vanessa Vogler and Alex Nemtzow)
Southwest – Dallas
- 1st Place and Best Brief: Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (Anne Kathryn Hunter, Connor Junkin, and Elizabeth LeBlanc)
- 2nd Place and Best Oral Argument: Creighton University (Derek True, Daniel Cummings, Zachary Lutz-Priefert, and Nicholas Miller)
- 3rd Place: Texas A&M University School of Law (Stuart Keplar, Olga Campbell, Hogan Kathi, Todd Smith)
Midwest – Chicago
- 1st Place: The John Marshall Law School (Heather Grace Hensley and RiKaleigh C. Johnson)
- 2nd Place and Best Brief: University of Chicago (Samuel Jahangir, William Johnson, Robert Sandoval and Timothy White)
- 3rd Place: Indian University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (David Singleton, Tricia Hall, Joshua Lowry and Andrew Romey)
- Best Oral Argument: Northwestern University School of Law (Deborah Filipovich, Evan Bianchi and Heather Bowen)
West – San Francisco
- 1st Place: University of San Francisco School of Law (Anna Nagornaia, Meghan Killian, McKenna Steere, and Calla Yee)
- 2nd Place and Best Brief: Santa Clara University School of Law (Matthew Savage and Urmila Karandikar)
- 3rd Place: University of Washington School of Law (Ashleigh Rhodes and Iris Wu)
- Best Oral Argument: UC Berkeley School of Law (Om Alladi, Brandon Stracener)
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Yes. Team members MUST be matriculated in a full- or part-time Juris Doctor (J.D.) program in the law school they represent. Proof of current registration in law school for each team member MUST be attached to the team's online entry form. Proof of current registration in law school for each team member MUST be included with the team's online entry form. Proof of registration may include a student ID card or a letter from the registrar’s office. Allowed files types are jpg, gif, png, pdf with a maximum file size of 2MB. No team member may hold a law degree from a law school in the United States. Please refer to the Official Rules for more information.
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No. An LL.M student who has obtained his/her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree may not enter the competition. However, if a student is pursuing a joint J.D./LL.M program, he/she may enter the competition.
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Each school may enter up to TWO teams. The competition is open to teams of law school students from any United States law school so long as graduation from such school renders its students eligible for admission to a state bar in the United States.
Teams may consist of two, three or four students from the same school.
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INTA MUST receive the team’s completed entry form by October 12, 2018, 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time.
After submitting the entry form, a team is allowed to replace team members up until the filing of briefs on January 4, 2019, 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time. After this date, the team must receive consent from the Lefkowitz Committee by emailing lefkowitz@inta.org in order to replace team members.
A team replacing team members MUST submit proof of matriculation for new team members.
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There is no registration fee to enter the competition but teams are responsible for their own travel expenses to the Regional Competition. INTA will reimburse those teams that advance to the National Finals for their reasonable hotel and transportation expenses for attending the Finals, up to a maximum of $1,000 per team.
All receipts for travel and/or hotel expenses must be submitted to INTA no later than March 21, 2019. After this date, INTA will not consider travel expenses for reimbursement and the team (or law school) will be responsible. Please note that INTA will not reimburse transportation and/or hotel expenses if either are purchased using frequent flier miles or reward points.
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Each team is randomly assigned one side to brief; the team will then brief all issues from that side’s perspective.
For oral arguments, each team will argue both sides.
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No. Briefs cannot be emailed, mailed or hand delivered to INTA. Each team shall file its brief as a PDF file by uploading it online. The brief must be received by INTA no later than January 4, 2019, 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time. Briefs received after this date may not be considered.
Briefs are not returned to the teams after the competition. Please refer to the Official Rules for more information.
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Past winning briefs ARE NOT shared.
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No. Each team MUST designate TWO team members to argue during oral arguments at the Regional and National Competitions.
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Team members, coaches, faculty advisors or any other person affiliated with the team are permitted to attend ONLY those arguments in which that team is participating. Please refer to the Official Rules for more information.
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Individual and team scores ARE NOT released. After the National Finals, each team will be notified by email of its oral argument, brief, and overall rankings in its region and nationwide. Regional and National Finals winners, along with names of all participating schools, will be posted on the Lefkowitz page of INTA’s website at www.inta.org/lefkowitz after the National Finals.
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INTA thanks the following sponsor:
National Final Competition and Reception Sponsor

INTA also thanks the INTA Foundation for its generous contributions to the Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition.
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