Organisation: Honda

Fewer filings, NFTs, alliances and bad-faith marks: APAC year in review

WTR looks back at major trends in the Asia-Pacific region from the past 12 months.

11 January 2023

Criteria to determine trademark infringement further clarified by CNIPA

A document recently published by the CNIPA provides selected case studies to explain how the “Standards for Determining Trademark Infringement”, issued in 2020, are to be enforced in practice.

01 November 2022

Nine counterfeit hotspots that you must be aware of in Kazakhstan

Featured in Physical marketplace counterfeit hotspots

In a major update from our series highlighting physical marketplaces that reportedly engage in the trade of counterfeit goods, we head to Kazakhstan.

06 October 2022

WTR Brand Elite analysis: March 2022

Featured in Stock market performance

While our indices of brand-focused companies lost ground to other stock market indices, there were a number of industries that performed well.

21 April 2022

WTR Brand Elite analysis: February 2022

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite tumbled nine points in the month ending 28 February, hitting its lowest level in a year.

22 March 2022

2020 changed everything – for brands and trademark professionals

In the latest in our series of Saturday opinion columns we reflect on how the perception of brands changed irrevocably in 2020, leading to greater expectations on corporate social responsibility and social action.

23 January 2021

Team spirit – the fuel driving Daimler IP to success

Lita Silje Schmitz, head of global IP enforcement at Daimler IP, reveals how the group’s extremely collaborative set-up is its strongest weapon in the fight against fakes – earning it the 2020 WTR Industry Award for Vehicles and Transport Team of the Year.

29 December 2020

The impact of covid-19 on intellectual property and the digital landscape

With online shopping and communication booming, the role of e-commerce companies is coming under greater scrutiny. The global pandemic could provide an opportunity to transform the ways in which they are regulated.

14 September 2020

What Facebook’s political ad policy change tells us about brand-led action, and whether it can be resisted

While the rules are not as radical as many pressure groups hoped for, there are questions as to whether the move is self-interest driven or 'capitulating'. 

10 September 2020

Fake Honda power products seized in massive raid during national state of emergency

Counterfeit Honda power products have been seized following a raid on four commercial establishments in Lima. A total of seven individuals will now be investigated for the commission of an IP crime, which is sanctioned with two to five years’ imprisonment.

28 August 2020

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