Marta Alves Vieira was in Antwerp for the 42nd Annual Conference of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), which took place from 19 to 22 June, under the theme "Many facets of IP".

At the conference, in addition to presentations and workshops on intellectual property issues, there were meetings of ECTA's governing bodies and of different committees on which VdA is represented.

In this context, Marta Alves Vieira is secretary of the Design Committee and part of the leadership team, through which she collaborated in organising a meeting of the Committee. This meeting was attended by two guests from the European Commission's Directorate for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs (DG GROW), a guest from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and a guest from industry (designer).

In the Committee elections, VdA's lawyer was re-elected as secretary for another two years.

ECTA is one of the largest and most prestigious Intellectual Property organisations, in which VdA has been actively participating.