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How PayPal’s award-winning trademark team has embraced crypto
How PayPal’s award-winning trademark team has embraced crypto

The financial services company’s launch of a cryptocurrency has forced a small trademark team to revolutionise its approach to portfolio management.

WTR Brand Elite analysis: May 2024
WTR Brand Elite analysis: May 2024

Apple was the standout stock market performer through May, with technology brands posting strong results. 

Blow for Google as General Court confirms likelihood of confusion between GPAY and EPAY
Blow for Google as General Court confirms likelihood of confusion between GPAY and EPAY

The court dismissed Google’s argument that the initial letter ‘G’ in its GPAY mark played a significant distinctive – and potentially dominant – role in that mark.

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bet365 rolls the dice in General Court appeal

While bet365’s appeal was partially successful, it failed for almost all the goods and services that are key to the company’s business.

09 January 2024

A ‘tail’ of enforcing descriptive marks: lessons from VETSURE v PETSURE

The judgment confirms that descriptive marks will provide only a limited monopoly, even where the allegedly infringing mark is very similar.

03 January 2024

TRADIAS v TRIODOS: Board of Appeal erred in finding that relevant public would be likely to remember similarities rather than differences

The applicable case law does not state that the relevant public is more inclined to keep in mind the similarities rather than the differences that exist between two marks.

11 December 2023

Only one week left to nominate for the 2024 WTR Industry Awards

The trademark community has just one week left to nominate its leading in-house departments and leaders for the prestigious WTR Industry Awards 2024 and the forthcoming edition of the WTR 300.

01 December 2023

WTR Brand Elite analysis: October 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite fell two points in October, hitting its lowest value this year. Yet technology companies – led by Microsoft – bucked the negative trend.

17 November 2023

WTR Brand Elite analysis: September 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite fell seven points in September, hitting its lowest value since 1 January 2023. However, the brands that experienced the biggest drop in value have reason to remain optimistic.

30 October 2023

Why it is more crucial than ever for corporate trademark departments to promote themselves

As the deadline to nominate for the 2024 WTR Industry Awards approaches, our Saturday opinion column discusses why it is paramount for IP departments to promote themselves as their own brand.

21 October 2023

PETRONAS named most valuable ASEAN brand, but banking industry steals the show

Brand Finance’s first ASEAN rankings reveal the most valuable brands in the region.

18 October 2023

The clock is ticking: nominate now for the 2024 Industry Awards and WTR 300 before it's too late

There's only a few weeks left to nominate candidates for the prestigious WTR Industry Awards 2024 and the forthcoming edition of WTR 300.

28 September 2023

Nominate now to recognise the trademark industry’s leading lights

The nominations period is open for the prestigious WTR Industry Awards 2024 and the forthcoming edition of WTR 300: The World’s Leading Corporate Trademark Professionals.

06 September 2023

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