Were he prime minister, Iglesias would happily keep presenting shows and conducting interviews with actors, film directors, intellectuals and politicians.
"So for Google, we're looking at indigenous patents," said David Brown, managing director of intellectual property research for Thomson Reuters.
Dr. Letts, 43, is the director of intellectual property management at Diadexus Inc., a biotechnology firm in South San Francisco.
Mr. Rothenberg, 50, had been senior director for intellectual capital at Booz Allen Hamilton in New York; he also once covered advertising for The New York Times.
Asked if the industry group was questioning the performance of the World Health Organization inspectors, Eric Noerenberg, the federation's director of intellectual property, said it was not.
"Climate change is a very big topic right now and we are approaching this auction with that in mind," said Markus Bedenbecker, Webasto's director of intellectual property services.
"While we do not agree with all of the I.T.C.'s findings, we feel confident our rights will be vindicated on appeal," said Brian Fogarty, senior director, global intellectual property litigation at Nike, which owns Converse.
On Wednesday, Jason Matusow, Microsoft's senior director for intellectual property and interoperability, wrote on his Web site: "I understand the concern raised by this error in judgment by an MS employee.
Mr. Collie, who is now 36, had been seeing Ms. Senghore, now 33 and a director of intellectual property strategy at American Express in Manhattan, platonically about twice a month for three months when she missed an early morning flight to Jamaica for a vacation with her sister, Fatima.
Randall Rothenberg, director of intellectual capital at Booz Allen Hamilton, the consulting firm, said the logo inspired him to propose a few possible slogans: "Altria: We're a Colorful Puzzle," "Altria: A Rubik's Cube for the Entire Family" and "Altria: Not at All a South American Rodent".
