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16 November 2022TrademarksMuireann Bolger

INTA elects new president and officers: full list

The association's presidency switches from Zeeger Vink next year | Trademarks association also selects its 2023 officers | See list in full, including lawyers from Amazon, FIFA, Bristol-Myers Squibb.

The International Trademark Association (INTA) has elected Jomarie Fredericks as its 2023 president and chair of its board of directors.

Fredericks will assume her one-year term on January 1, 2023, succeeding Zeeger Vink, Intellectual Property Director at MF Brands Group, based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Vink convened a presidential task force on IP reporting for brands, oversaw the publication INTA’s report on the “ Taxation of Trademarks and Complementary Rights” in Europe, and led the association as it hosted the first in-person annual meeting in two years, in Washington, DC, in May 2022.

Commenting on her appointment, Fredericks said that she is looking forward to more opportunities for collaboration in the new year, and expressed her admiration for the “rich talent pool at INTA”.

She attended her first INTA annual meeting in 1997 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, and has  been a member of the INTA Board of Directors since January 2014,

She said: “Time volunteered to INTA will come back to you tenfold. It’s a great organisation and I am honoured to serve as the 2023 President.”

INTA chief executive Etienne Sanz de Acedo emphasised his gratitude for Frederick’s contributions to the association, noting that: “Jomarie’s commitment to INTA has been demonstrated many times over and she has been a great advocate for international cooperation in intellectual property for more than two decades.”

Fredericks is deputy general counsel, chief IP and brand counsel at Rotary International, a global charitable association.

In this role, Fredericks leads a team of experienced professionals who are responsible for all trademark, copyright, licensing, and domain name work for Rotary International, globally. She is based in Evanston, Illinois.

Fredericks holds an LL.M. in IP from the University of Chicago School of Law, where she now serves on its advisory board, a J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, and an M.S. and a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

With INTA, she currently serves on the executive committee of the board and is chair of the planning committee. During her tenure as an association volunteer, she has also served on the In-House Practitioners Committee, Legislation and Regulations Committee, and the Public and Media Relations Committee.

The board elected  Fredericks and the 2023 INTA officers during its quarterly board meeting, held on November 15, during the association’s 2022 leadership meeting in Miami, Florida. With more than 1,600 registrants, this is the largest leadership meeting in the association’s history. The meeting will conclude on November 18.

The 2023 officers are:

President: Jomarie Fredericks (Rotary International, US)

President Elect: Dana Northcott (Amazon.com, US)

Vice President: Elisabeth Bradley (Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, US)

Vice President: Deborah Hampton (The Chemours Company FC, US)

Treasurer: Louis Chan (UL International, Singapore)

Secretary: Daniel Zohny (Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Switzerland)

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