Organisation: Alibaba Group

We examine the companies protecting trademarks en masse in Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea – revealing both the largest trademark portfolio owners and the most active filers of the past year.

29 August 2024

Featured in Online marketplace counterfeit hotspots

As part of our regular series on digital marketplaces, we head to Indonesia to examine the platforms that brand owners should be monitoring.

23 August 2024

Featured in Social media around the world: a brand protection perspective

In the next edition of our social media brand protection series, we turn our attention to platforms in Thailand.

24 April 2024

Exclusive insights from WTR’s latest online brand protection survey reveal the unprecedented challenges rights holders face in today’s digital environment. 

01 April 2024

AliExpress has been dropped from the USTR Notorious Markets List this year, but social media platforms remain glaringly absent.

31 January 2024

WTR data analysis uncovers the companies filing the highest number of trademarks in-house – and those filing the highest number across the globe.

20 December 2023

In our latest round-up, we look at counterfeit Apple con artists being sentenced to 41 months in US prison, Burger King remaining in Russia despite closure pledge, and much more.

06 October 2023

Featured in Anti-counterfeiting and Online Brand Enforcement: Global Guide 2023

The country continues to improve its laws and regulations, identifying optimal strategies to target online counterfeiting and offline fakery. Additionally, local and national law enforcement and courts are stepping up their efforts to bring justice to infringers.

29 September 2023

Featured in Inside China’s IP Market: a Guide 2024

Consumers have grown accustomed to purchasing goods and services through various online channels, and these new e-commerce models have made IP rights infringement even more widespread. This is presenting fresh challenges in brand protection, evidence collection, enforcement models and legal applications.

27 September 2023

We scrutinise the data to reveal the 50 companies with the largest portfolios in five major jurisdictions.

13 July 2023