Organisation: Nintendo

Nintendo of America Inc has obtained the cancellation of live shows that infringed its IP rights in characters and trademarks related to Super Mario.

10 July 2023

Featured in Brand trademark tracker

Fashion and luxury brands Christian Dior and Estée Lauder more than doubled their filing activity in the first four months of 2023 - while many leading brands more than halved their own - WTR analysis shows. 

23 June 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite dropped one point through May, as major stock indices returned mixed results. Tech brands performed strongly, with a suite of new AI-powered Alexa devices giving Amazon a notable boost.

22 June 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite rose a single point through April, taking it to its highest value level in just over a year.

29 May 2023

Christopher Parent, lead trademark counsel at Johnson Controls, offers a uniquely personal reflection on the nature of names, brands and what they mean to us, in this week’s Saturday opinion piece.

13 May 2023

Steve Zhao and Lily Dong of GEN Law Firm highlight the strategies and legal remedies available to brand owners seeking to prevent the genericisation of their trademarks in China, including an innovative approach demonstrated in two recent milestone cases.

11 May 2023

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

10 May 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite rose three points through March, although stock markets returned mixed results. 

01 May 2023

Mattel is increasingly embracing entertainment licensing to push and promote its "Power Brands", Clarivate filing data and company financial reports reveal.

27 April 2023

While Twitter’s chaotic blue checkmark rollout comes under scrutiny, Meta has launched a verification programme that takes a different approach.  

03 April 2023