INTA files two amicus briefs in Orwell trademark cases 05-03-2021 11-08-2016 The International Trademark Association (INTA) has filed two amicus briefs in support of the Sonia Brownell Orwell Estate for three contested trademarks. The briefs, filed on March 3 and March 4 2021, support the Estate’s right to trademark the words ‘George Orwell’, ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘1984’ after they were denied registration by the EUIPO and referred to the The Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (GBoA). INTA argued that famous authors and literary works should not be excluded from trademark protection, but has suggested that a case-by-case assessment of registrability should be taken.