The International Trademark Association (INTA) has appointed Husch Blackwell Partner Tim Capria to its Trademark Office Practices Committee for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2024.
The Trademark Office Practices Committee evaluates and recommends improvements to trademark office practices, procedures, operations, and regulations at the national, regional, and international levels. The Committee monitors trademark office developments in various jurisdictions, including participation in user groups, completes analyses, and prepares comments and submissions within INTA’s policy framework.
Capria is based in Nashville, Tennessee and is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property team. He focuses his practice on trademark portfolio management and counseling, including both the registration and filing of trademarks and the policing of potential trademark infringement domestically and abroad. Many of the clients Capria represents have hundreds of trademarks worldwide, and he has a special focus on franchisers, consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, and media properties.