Organisation: Hyundai Motor

WTR Brand Elite analysis: February 2024

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite indices increased eight points in February, with the tech and fashion industries experiencing significant uplift.

03 April 2024

Revealed: the world’s most active in-house prosecution teams

WTR data analysis uncovers the companies filing the highest number of trademarks in-house – and those filing the highest number across the globe.

20 December 2023

Can evidence of use submitted on appeal be accepted to defend against a non-use revocation action? 

If a trademark registration is cancelled due to the owner's failure to respond to a non-use revocation action, the owner can still present evidence of use during the appeal stages. 

29 September 2023

Revealed: the biggest portfolios in Asia-Pacific

We scrutinise the data to reveal the 50 companies with the largest portfolios in five major jurisdictions.

13 July 2023

Asia filing activity at a glance: 2022 data reveals dramatic change

WTR delves into filing activity in Asia to discuss application trends and the top foreign filers of 2022.

10 May 2023

International trademark applications drop steepest amount since 2009 financial crash

New data from WIPO reveals a significant drop in international trademark applications last year, but closer analysis offers optimism for the long-term outlook.

28 February 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

WTR Brand Elite analysis: January 2021

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite project tracks how a defined set of brand-focused companies with industry-leading trademark teams perform against stock market indices.

17 February 2021

Blow for Hyundai as Court of Appeal upholds opposition against KONA mark for automobiles

In a blow to the South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer, the French Court of Appeal has confirmed that there was a likelihood of confusion between Hyundai’s mark KONA for “automobiles” and the earlier mark KONA for “bicycles”.

04 April 2019

Korean brands under scrutiny as antitrust watchdog turns attention to trademark revenues

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has revealed that the “trademark usage fees” of the country’s largest chaebols (conglomerates) exceeded W1 trillion ($884.5 million) last year – the first time that monetary barrier has been broken. 

08 October 2018

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