Organisation: National Football League

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2024: Training your defence: the sports brand playbook

15 July 2024

WTR’s monthly column tracks trademark and related policy developments, including the progress of major bills, from around the world.

18 September 2023

From tackling counterfeit face masks to handling multiple M&As and raising awareness in collaboration with the NFL, the WTR Household and Consumer Goods Team of the Year has had a mammoth 12 months.

22 December 2020

The Washington Redskins National Football League team has announced that it is to retire the ‘redskins’ name and logo, which has long been the subject of controversy (and numerous legal challenges).

13 July 2020

Data reveals that 863 trademark litigation actions were filed in the United States in the first quarter of 2019, up significantly year on year. However, that upward trajectory is not expected to continue.

16 April 2019

Featured in Litigation landscape

New data reveals that 4,017 trademark litigation actions were filed in the United States in 2018. After a near decade of decline, it appears that litigation levels are stabilising in the country – a contrasting picture to that of patents.  

04 January 2019

In 2017 Visa, winner of the <em>WTR</em> Industry Awards Financial and Professional Services Team of the Year, was at the forefront of the intersection of brands and new technology.

20 June 2018

The latest tracker data from Lex Machina confirms that the litigation slump continued in 2017, with the 3,782 cases filed representing a nine-year low.

09 January 2018

As a new year begins, <em class="Alright-italic">World Trademark Review</em> looks ahead at some of the key changes and trends that could present both risks and opportunities to our industry

01 January 2018

We survey the world’s leading market for brands: the United States. We take a look at the performance of the country’s trademark office and leading brands, and analyse key filing and litigation statistics.

15 December 2017