Organisation: Coca-Cola

“Build your village”: Dolores Moro reflects on the lessons learned across a storied career in trademarks

WTR Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dolores Moro reflects on the lessons learned from almost 35 years in the trademark industry.

05 August 2022

Supreme Court: importation of Schweppes products from Ukraine infringes SCHWEPPES trademark

The Supreme Court has reversed a decision of the trial court and held that the importation of Schweppes products from Ukraine does not constitute parallel importation.

28 July 2022

A soda shake-up: Federal Circuit rules against Coca-Cola

The Federal Circuit found that Coca-Cola had failed to show that its interest lay within what the Supreme Court called “the zone of interests protected by the law invoked”.

15 July 2022

Brand jamming: international perspectives on a reputational risk

Businesses have long observed their brands used in public interest and other campaigns without permission, opening up the risk of reputational harm.

14 July 2022

How to protect brands in the metaverse

NFTs and other emerging tech are mobilising a tidal wave of capital, with law makers and courts desperately trying to catch up, Evan Rothstein and Hafeez Khan of Arnold & Porter take a deep dive into current IP laws and cases, to shine a light into this emerging space.

16 June 2022

Global filing growth slows, suggesting 2022 decline in applications, Clarivate report warns

Trademark filing growth slowed considerably in 2021, data reveals, suggesting that the volume of trademark applications filed globally is likely to decline this year.

09 May 2022

Company diversity policies are in the crosshairs but efforts to foster inclusion in the legal industry shouldn’t be deterred

Companies must not be knocked off track in their efforts to foster inclusion in the legal sector, argues this week’s Saturday opinion.

02 April 2022

Peppa Pig hits headlines as Russian court links IP dispute decision to sanctions

This weekend, media outlets seized on the news that an arbitration court in Kirov, Russia, had dismissed a case brought by Entertainment One claiming infringement of its trademarks and copyright in the popular children’s cartoon Peppa Pig.

14 March 2022

New research uncovers importance of brand values, at a time when few companies can escape scrutiny 

The data adds to the body of research evidencing how brands are uniquely placed to drive change and why they can no longer be passive actors.

12 March 2022

Innocent advert ban highlights how careful brands must be when marketing green credentials

The UK’s Advertising Standards Association upheld complaint about environmental claims by Innocent is an important one for brand counsel to consider.

26 February 2022

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