The lack of cooperation of an individual whose company was found to wilfully counterfeit and infringe Audi AG’s trademark and design patent rights has motivated a court to significantly increase damages against them.
Chinese autonomous aerial vehicles maker EHang explains why it set up an IP department and offers other start-ups lessons from its brand protection strategy.
In this dispute over the use of ‘Bluetooth’ marks in cars containing Bluetooth-equipped head units, the Ninth Circuit held that the first sale doctrine applies when a trademarked product is incorporated into a new product.
In-house excellence has been celebrated at Washington DC’s Planet Word Museum, with the winners of this year’s WTR Industry Awards announced at an exclusive champagne reception.
03 May 2022
In a blow to Daimler AG, the General Court has confirmed that a figurative mark consisting of a pattern of white, three-pronged stars on a black background was devoid of distinctive character.
26 April 2022
In our latest round-up, we look at ICANN contributing $1 million to the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, Bryan F Moore being named ITC administrative law judge, and much more.
22 April 2022
While our indices of brand-focused companies lost ground to other stock market indices, there were a number of industries that performed well.
21 April 2022
WTR is pleased to reveal the shortlist for the 2022 WTR Industry Awards, with corporate teams featured including those from Coty, Google, Meta, New Balance, Spotify, The LEGO Group and Unilever.
01 April 2022
Trademark practitioners are invited to share their experience of the past 12 months and brand protection predictions for the future.
29 March 2022
The decision of the CJEU in this dispute between German car manufacturer BMW and an Italian manufacturer of wheel rims arguably strengthens the position of rights holders.
24 March 2022
The WTR Brand Elite tumbled nine points in the month ending 28 February, hitting its lowest level in a year.
22 March 2022
In the next instalment of our regular series identifying the digital marketplaces that brand owners should monitor as part of their global anti-counterfeiting efforts, we head to Saudi Arabia.
16 March 2022
More than 1 billion units of food, drugs, medical devices, automobiles and consumer products were recalled in the United States last year, according to the 2021 US State of the Nation Recall Index by business solutions company Sedgwick.
03 March 2022
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