In one of the largest enforcement actions carried out this year, the authorities have seized around 15,000 units of apparel bearing well-known sportswear trademarks, including ADIDAS, NIKE and PUMA.
The trademark community has just one week left to nominate its leading in-house departments and leaders for the prestigious WTR Industry Awards 2024 and the forthcoming edition of the WTR 300.
In the next part of our regular series, we head to Ecuador to understand the challenges of – and best solutions for – brand protection at the nation's borders and ports of entry.
In our latest round-up, we look at Hong Kong Customs making its biggest counterfeits haul in two years, and much more.
14 November 2023
Following an initial refusal, the CNIPA has found on review that Tommy Hilfiger’s new monogram had intrinsic distinctiveness and could act as a source identifier.
13 November 2023
The decision examines the registrability of marks consisting of signs or indications that are also used as advertising slogans, indications of quality or incitements to purchase.
10 November 2023
In our latest round-up, we look at imported goods on JD.com undergoing enhanced authentication, a brand protection start-up securing seed funding, and much more.
10 November 2023
The decision also provides an important clarification on the powers of the General Court.
08 November 2023
The decision highlights the importance of the conceptual similarity between signs, which outweighed the average degree of visual and phonetic similarity in this case.
31 October 2023
The WTR Brand Elite fell seven points in September, hitting its lowest value since 1 January 2023. However, the brands that experienced the biggest drop in value have reason to remain optimistic.
30 October 2023
Continuing our exclusive WTR series, we learn how rights holders can work most effectively with customs officials in Cyprus to aid brand protection efforts at the country's ports of entry.
30 October 2023
The JPO partially cancelled the mark DROP for “retail or wholesale services for furniture” based on Danish company Fritz Hansen’s earlier mark THE DROP for furniture.
30 October 2023
In another installment of our series on brand protection at the borders and ports of entry in various countries, we head to the island of Malta.
26 October 2023
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