António Andrade, president of the Design Committee will be anchorman at a discussion panel

As president of the Design Committee, António Andrade, managing associate at Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA)'s Intellectual Property area of practice will be attending the European Trademark Association's annual meeting in Palermo, Italy, between the 20th and 23rd June.

VdA's Intellectual Property specialist will also be anchorman at the panel approaching the protection of industrial designs or models and its enforcement in a global market. Hundreds of IP specialists attend this international organization's meeting that works in close relation with several IP entities and institutions, namely the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internal Market Institute (Community trademarks and designs), consequently issues discussed at this meeting have a significant impact at an international level.