Call for Submissions: Theme Issue of The Trademark Reporter

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Founded in 1911, The Trademark Reporter (TMR) delivers innovative and comprehensive scholarship on trademarks and related IP to practitioners, academics, and judges worldwide. The TMR is published bi-monthly and reaches more than 65,000 members of the IP community.

The TMR has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, including in its two landmark decisions on the intersection between trademarks and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Matal v. Tam (2017) and Iancu v. Brunetti (2019)). The TMR is also regularly cited by parties and/or amici to the Supreme Court, including in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, 143 S. Ct. 1578 (2023) and in Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., 604 U. S. ____ (2025).

The TMR will be publishing a special theme issue and is pleased to invite article and commentary submissions on the topic of third-party liability in trademark and related IP and product disputes. The issue is not limited to legal issues in the United States, and we welcome articles from the different perspectives of rightsholders, online platforms, sellers, and others.

Some potential thematic topics include without limitation the following:

• Third-party liability for counterfeit or infringing goods:
o online marketplace liability for the sale of counterfeit or infringing goods 
o liability of brick-and-mortar establishments for the sale or storage of counterfeit or infringing goods

• Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: 
o liability of online platforms for content posted by third-party users, such as content concerning (defective) products

• Schedule A litigation involving online marketplaces based on the actions of third-party sellers

• The use of technology (including artificial intelligence) to detect and counter trademark infringements.

In addition to original articles, we may also include previously published articles on these topics. If you have such an article, please submit it and indicate when and where it was published.

The deadline for all submissions is 5 p.m. Eastern Time (USA) on Monday, June 16, 2025, but we strongly encourage authors to submit their manuscripts as soon as possible. Please review the TMR’s Submission Guidelines. Please submit via Scholastica or to Willard Knox at wknox@inta.org.