Amazon, Tesla, Apple and Google lead sustainability brand value rankings but failure to be authentic could land a significant financial blow on companies around the globe, argues our Saturday opinion.
The CJEU issued a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 6(2) of Directive 2008/95 (now Article 14(3) of Directive 2015/2436), which concerns the limitation of the effects of a registered trademark.
Stock prices had a largely negative December, closing out a rocky year on the stock markets. Our WTR Brand Elite indices fell five points on the month, and 25 points across 2022.
In our latest round-up, we look at the EUIPO introducing a new trademark filing form, the GetHenry rebrand highlighting the risks of a generic name, and much more.
22 July 2022
A rocky month in the stock markets saw the WTR Brand Elite drop eight points through June. The index is now at its lowest value since November 2020.
18 July 2022
The Board of Appeal wrongly concluded that the “retail of apparatus and instruments for accumulating electricity” were offered in the same points of sale and, in essence, were aimed at the same public as “electronically motorised skateboards”.
04 July 2022
The WTR Brand Elite dropped a point in the month ending 31 May, as stock markets around the world returned mixed results. Companies in the energy sector, though, had a strong month.
23 June 2022
Filing activity is continuing to decline among 25 of the world’s leading corporations, according to the latest WTR Brand Tracker data.
15 June 2022
In this dispute between DHL International GmbH and DLH Express Services Private Ltd, the Delhi High Court has held that the mark DHL was well known, especially in the field of logistics and courier services.
07 June 2022
The WTR Brand Elite slumped seven points in the month ending 30 April, falling to its lowest level since February 2021.
23 May 2022
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.
18 May 2022
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.
13 May 2022
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.
12 May 2022
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