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:
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.