Advocacy Group
Indigenous Rights Committee
Advocacy Group
- Anticounterfeiting Committee
- Brand Restrictions Committee
- Copyright Committee
- Data Protection Committee
- Designs Committee
- Emerging Issues Committee
- Enforcement Committee
- Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee
- Geographical Indications Committee
- Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee
- Indigenous Rights Committee
- International Amicus Committee
- Internet Committee
- Legislation and Regulation Committee
- Non-Traditional Marks Committee
- Parallel Imports Committee
- Right of Publicity Committee
- Trademark Office Practices Committee
- Unfair Competition Committee
Communications Group
Resources Group
- Academic Committee
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
- Brands and Innovation Committee
- Commercialization of Brands Committee
- In-House Practitioners Committee
- INTA Bulletins Committee
- Law Firm Committee
- Leadership Development Committee
- Publications Committee
- Trademark Administrators Committee
- The Trademark Reporter Committee
- Young Practitioners Committee
Mission
The Indigenous Rights Committee develops and advocates our policy on the impact of indigenous rights and their enforcement on trademark rights. The Committee monitors and analyzes developments in treaties, legislation, and implementation in various jurisdictions, and proposes policy recommendations to the Board. Committee work includes writing reports and submissions, interacting with indigenous rights organizations, and advocacy in conjunction with relevant committees and staff.
Leadership
Committee Leaders
Chair
Lynell Tuffery Huria
AJ Park
New Zealand
Vice Chair
Rohan Rohatgi
RSR LEGAL
India
Staff Liaison
Tat-Tienne Louembe
Subcommittee Leaders
Indigenous Rights Trademark Awareness Subcommittee Chair
Debbie David
Advanz Fidelis IP Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
International IR Initiatives and Policy Analysis Subcommittee Chair
Gabrielle Holley
Holley & Menker, P.A.
United States
Regional Analyses Americas and Caribbean Subcommittee Chair
Tracy Rengecas
MacRobert Inc.
South Africa
Regional Analyses North of the Equator Subcommittee Chair
Giovanna Spataro
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Canada
Regional Analyses South of the Equator Subcommittee
Esther Aburto-Olague
OZM Legal & Business Consulting Services, SC
Mexico
Highlights
In April 2020, the Committee organized an educational program entitled “Empowering Indigenous Communities to Make Strategic Use of Intellectual Property,” which featured Justice Janet Fuhrer of the Federal Court of Canada, as moderator; and Wend Wendland, Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, World Intellectual Property Organization; Robert A. MacDonald, Partner at Gowling WLG, Canada; and Committee Chair Lynell Tuffery Huria as speakers.
In July 2019, the Committee hosted a Roundtable entitled “Trademarks and the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions in the Andean Community.”
During the 2019 Annual Meeting, Committee members hosted several Table Topics and were on a panel session titled “The Clash of Branding with Traditional Knowledge & Cultural Expressions.”
