To further promote mediation within its Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program, INTA offers pledge forms for law firms and brand owners that, once signed, signify a party’s commitment to resolve disputes outside traditional litigation channels.

If the signatory is a law firm, the pledge will commit the firm to spread the knowledge of mediation within its organization, keep its personnel abreast of the role of mediation in dispute resolution and the most advanced mediation techniques, and regularly train for mediation. Accordingly, the law firm pledge means that appropriate intellectual property lawyers in a firm will be knowledgeable about ADR and, in particular, familiar with the INTA Panel of Neutrals, as well as with the applicable INTA mediation guidelines and mediation rules.

The pledge also commits the law firm, when appropriate, to have its responsible attorney discuss with the client the availability of ADR procedures so that the client can make an informed choice concerning resolution of the dispute.

If the signatory is a brand owner, the pledge represents the company’s policy that in the event of a non-urgent, non-counterfeiting-related trademark dispute between the signatory and another company, that either has made or will make a similar statement, the signatory is prepared to explore with that other party resolution of the dispute through negotiation or ADR techniques. Of course, if either party believes that the dispute is not suitable for ADR techniques, or if such techniques do not produce results satisfactory to the disputants, either party may proceed with litigation or other proceedings as the case may require.

Each pledge provides that a list of the signatories will be published on the INTA website in order to alert third parties in potential or actual disputes to the fact that the signatory, be it a brand owner or a law firm, has shown a commitment to consider mediation as a method of dispute resolution.

INTA Trademark Dispute Resolution Brand Owner Pledge

INTA Trademark Dispute Resolution Law Firm Pledge

Who has signed the Pledge?

INTA Trademark Dispute Resolution Brand Owner Commitment

“We recognize that for many trademark disputes there is a less expensive, more effective method of resolution than the traditional lawsuit or Trademark Office proceedings. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures involve collaborative techniques, which can often spare businesses the high costs of litigation.

In recognition of this, we subscribe to the following statements of principle on behalf of this company and its subsidiaries worldwide:

In the event of a non-urgent, non-counterfeiting trademark dispute between our company and another company which has made or will then make a similar statement, we are prepared to explore with that other party resolution of the dispute through negotiation or ADR techniques. If either party believes that the dispute is not suitable for ADR techniques, or if such techniques do not produce results satisfactory to the disputants, either party may proceed with litigation or other proceedings as the case may be.

We agree that our name and address will be published on the INTA website to enable third parties to identify us as a signor of this pledge.”

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INTA Trademark Dispute Resolution Law Firm Commitment

“We recognize that for many trademark disputes there exist methods more effective for resolution than traditional litigation or Trademark Office proceedings.  Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures – used in conjunction with litigation or Opposition proceedings, or independently – can significantly reduce the costs and burdens of proceedings and result in business solutions not available in court or Trademark Office tribunals.

In recognition of the foregoing, we subscribe to the following statements of policy on behalf of our firm:

First, appropriate lawyers in our firm are knowledgeable about ADR and familiar in particular with the INTA Panel of Neutrals as well as the applicable INTA Mediation Guidelines and INTA Mediation Rules.

Second, where appropriate, the responsible attorney will discuss with the client the availability of ADR procedures so that the client can make an informed choice concerning resolution of the dispute.

We agree that our name and address will be published on the INTA website to enable third parties to identify us as a signor of this pledge.”

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Listed below are the companies and brand owners who have signed the ADR Pledge.

BRAND OWNERS
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. One Old Country Road, Suite 500 Carle Place, NY 11514 USA	Intel Corporation 2200 Mission College Boulevard, M/S SC4-203 Santa Clara, CA USA
British American Tobacco Globe House, 4 Temple Place London, WC2R 2PG, United Kingdom	Inter Ikea Systems B.V. OLOF Palmestraat 7 NL – 2616 Delft, the Netherlands
Daimler AG Epllestrass 225 70546 Stuttgart, Germany	V&S Vin & Sprit Aktiebolag (Publ) Årstaängsvägen 19 A 117 97 Stockholm, Sweden
Eastman Kodak Company 343 State Street Rochester, NY 14650 USA	Home Depot U.S.A, Inc. 2455 Paces Ferry Road, Building C-20 Atlanta, GA 30339 USA
GlaxoSmithKline 709 Swedeland Road King of Prussia PA 19406	Homer TLC, Inc. 1404 Society Drive Claymont, DE 19703 USA
H - D Michigan, Inc. (Harley-Davidson) 315 W. Huron Str. Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA	Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 7100 NW 62nd Avenue P.O. Box 1014 Johnston, IA 50131-1014 USA

LAW FIRMS
AAA Legal Services Tartu mnt 16 Tallinn, Estonia, 10117	Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Luna-Victoria Abogados Las Begonias 475, 6th Floor, San Isidro Lima, 27, Peru
Abu-Ghazeleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) Tagi Campus, Queen Noor Street P.O. Box 921100 Amman, 11192, Jordan	Nassir Kadasa & Partners Ibn Katheer Street P.O. Box 20883 Riyadh, 11465, Saudi Arabia
Agency ‘Trei G’ S.A. 31/I - 111 Trandafirilor Street Kishinev, MD-2038, Moldova	Noetinger & Armando 25 de Mayo 489, 8th Floor Buenos Aires, 1339, Argentina
Aguilar Castillo Love 7a. Avenida 5-10 Zona 4, Torre 2, Nivel 11, Guatemala City, 01004, Guatemala	Novagraaf Nederland B.V. Hogehilweg 3 Amsterdam, 1101CA, Netherlands
Al Tamimi & Company Dubai World Trade Centre Level 29, Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai, 9275, United Arab Emirates	Pakharenko & Partners 9, Pushkinskaya Street, Suite 11 Kiev, 01034, Ukraine
Anand and Anand Advocates B-41, Nizamuddin East New Delhi, 110013, India	Pellerano & Herrera John F. Kennedy Avenue, 10 Ensanche Muraflores, 4th Floor Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Baker & McKenzie (Click Here For Locations)	Patent Attorney Andrey Borzenko Abdullaev Street 59-16 Tashkent, 700170, Uzbekistan
Berggren 0y AB Jaakonkatu 3A Helsinki, FIN-00101, Finland	Rominvent S.A. 35 Ermil Pagratti Street, 1st Floor, Sector 1 P.O. 63, Box 195 Bucharest, 011882, Romania
Bermeo + Bermeo World Trade Center Building, Tower “B” 12th Floor Quito, 17-12-881, Ecuador	Rouse & Co. International Willoughby & Partners The Isis Building 193 Marsh Wall, Thames Quay London, E14 95G, United Kingdom
Braykov’s Legal Office 15, Nikolai Gogol Street Sofia, 1504, Bulgaria	Shearn Delamore & Co. 7th Floor, Wisma Hamza-Kwong Hing, No. 1 Leboh Ampang Kuala Lumpur, 50100, Malaysia
Bustamante & Bustamante Amazonas and Patria Avenues Cofiec Building, 10th Floor P.O. Box 17-01-02455 Quito, Ecuador	Vukmir & Associates Pentovcak 35 Zagreb, 10000 Croatia
Chadbourne & Parke LLP 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 USA	Welsh & Katz, Ltd. 120 South Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606 USA
Clarke Modet & Co. Av. San Felipe 539 Lima, Peru	Zacarias & Fernandez Buongermini 1174 Asuncion 1209 Paraguay
Cuesta y Asociados Calle 72 No 10-07 of 603 Bogata, D.C., Columbia	Zacco Advokater Hans Bekkevolds Alle 7 DK-2900, Copenhagen, Denmark
D & L Consult, LLC 10 Kudryavskaya Street, Suite 2 Kiev, 04212, Ukraine	Lovells Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FG, United Kingdom -and- Warburgstrasse 50 Hamburg, 20354, Germany
Dontas Law Offices 14 Voulis Street Athens, 105 63, Greece	Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 USA
G.A. Winkel Sr. N.V. Santa Rosaweg 54E P.O. Box 552 Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles	Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes y Fuentes, S.C. Montes Urales 505, 3 Piso, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec Mexico, DF. CP 11000 Mexico
J.D. Sellier & Company 129-131 Abercromby Street P.O. Box 116 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies	Momsen, Leonardos & Cia. Teofilo Otoni Street, N° 63-10° Floor Rio de Janeiro, 20090-080, Brazil
Jose Lloreda Camacho & Co. Apartado Aereo 12304 Calle 72 # 5-83 Piso 5 Bogota, Colombia 12304	Mueller Schupfner Bavariaring 11 80336 Munich, Germany
Kulikowska & Kulikowski ul. Zurawia Street 47/49 Warsaw, 00-680, Poland	Plougmann & Vingtoft P.O. Box 1003 Sentrum 0104 Oslo, Norway
Landivar & Landivar Av. ARCE No. 2618 Piso 8, Of. 802 P.O. Box 3923 Edificio Columbia La Paz, Bolivia	Richard Law Group 8411 Preston Road, Suite 890 Dallas, TX 75225 USA
Pirkey Barber, L.L.P 600 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 United States	Enns & Archer LLP 939 Burke Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States