Organisation: Baidu

Ant Group is using distributed ledger technology to police IP infringement on its own platforms and across the Internet. 

26 March 2021

In 2020 China became the number one filing country for EU trademarks and number two for registered Community designs – with EU trademark filings from the country up a staggering 89% year on year. 

01 March 2021

A major new investigation from WTR has identified over 6,800 trademarks and 6,900 domain names that appear to be related to multi-millionaire and serial trademark filer Michael Gleissner.

24 November 2020

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Filing data at the top Asia-Pacific IP offices reveals a region undergoing spectacular growth, accounting for a colossal 80% of trademark activity worldwide last year. Spearheading the effort is China – a nation with increasing influence over its neighbours, which shows no signs of slowing down.

23 September 2020

WTR crunches the numbers at the leading Asia-Pacific trademark offices to reveal the extent of China’s emergence as a regional superpower, with Alibaba leading the way among both agent and corporate filers at its home registry.

21 September 2020

Featured in WTR investigation exclusives

April 2020: New data reveals that Jonathan Grant Morton, the attorney known in trademark circles for assisting Michael Gleissner in his brand portfolio-building efforts, is the leading representative of trademark filings at the USPTO in 2020 to date.

28 April 2020

With over 20 years’ experience assessing the value of intangible assets worldwide, Brand Finance’s David Haigh warns that slow growth and an international crisis could mean that brands are on the brink of a global crash.

06 April 2020

WTR has discovered that multi-millionaire Michael Gleissner appears to have launched a brand consultancy firm, called N-Cubator, which boasts of having access to “a large portfolio of trademarks and domain names”.

05 February 2020

An Indian court recently ruled that God's name was registrable as a trademark. We spoke to experts across four key jurisdictions about the different risks brands should be aware of before registering a religious name as a mark.

08 January 2020

Whether concerned about bad-faith filing at the USPTO or seeking to benefit from US marks, the level of demand from Chinese entities has been a remarkable phenomenon over the past few years – as the filing data reveals.

02 January 2020