Organisation: Amazon.com

Revealed: this year’s Asia-Pacific Trademark 50

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

NVIDIA brand value more than doubles as Apple exceeds half-a-trillion dollars

The AI boom has seen NVIDIA’s brand value increase 163%, making it the fastest-growing tech brand of the past year, while Apple reclaims its title at the top of the pile.

22 August 2024

“Amazon is trademark law”: America’s favourite company has changed the entire trademark system

A new academic paper argues that Amazon has upended the US trademark system with little public recognition, and that questions about trademark law in the modern age need answering.

20 July 2024

Big Five tech US litigation data: Amazon

The e-commerce giant shows a penchant for filing infringement cases in Western Washington and has settled almost every case against it.

10 May 2024

Revealed: agent networks of the world’s most valuable brands

We reveal the law firms filing the most trademarks on behalf of the likes of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook.

11 April 2024

Inside the filing behaviour of the world’s most valuable brands

We examine the application activity of the companies behind the 10 most valuable brands in the world, ahead of fresh data analysis revealing the law firm partners filing on their behalf.

10 April 2024

False alarm: the risks of groundless online takedown complaints

This decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court is the first in Canada to clearly rule on the issue of groundless takedown complaints.

26 March 2024

Amazon seizes record number of counterfeits, takes action against 21,000 bad actors

Amazon’s fourth annual Brand Protection Report reveals record-breaking levels of counterfeit seizures and criminal enforcement action in an effort to drive counterfeiting online “to zero”.

26 March 2024

Supreme Court confirms that Amazon’s US website targeted UK consumers

The Supreme Court addressed for the first time the issue of when use of a trademark on a foreign website infringes a UK trademark.

15 March 2024

Brand Tracker: September-December 2023

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The WTR Brand Tracker series uses Corsearch data to shed light on the trademark strategies of 31 leading companies.

11 March 2024

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