Organisation: Pfizer

Trademark activity drops across all but one major register, Clarivate report shows

Trademark filings fell across five of six major registers in 2023, a new report by Clarivate reveals, but the results are more positive than they seem. 

30 May 2024

Good news for Pfizer as Delhi High Court restrains use of VIGOURA 

The court found that the defendants’ use of the mark VIGOURA in relation to homeopathic medicine amounted to infringement and passing off of Pfizer’s registered mark VIAGRA.

30 May 2024

Foreign brands should not be put off by slow progress at Myanmar IP department

Foreign brand owners can take encouragement from slow but steady developments at the Myanmar IP department over the past year, local practitioners suggest.

25 April 2024

AI inventor Stephen Thaler urges courts to recognise "sentient" systems

DABUS inventor Stephen Thaler claims that the IP system needs an overhaul to recognise the creativity of “sentient” AI technology and to promote innovation across industries.

03 February 2024

USPTO year in review 2023: exclusive interview with trademark commissioner David Gooder

USPTO Trademark Commissioner David Gooder sits down with WTR to outline key developments and challenges at the agency over the past 12 months. 

21 December 2023

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

Bluesky Social: what brand protection professionals need to know about Twitter rival

WTR takes a look at the current brand protection ecosystem on the Bluesky Social platform, with our research identifying active impersonation accounts related to major brands. 

25 August 2023

Europe’s biggest demerger; a portfolio of well-loved brands; fighting threats to consumer health: all in a year’s work at Haleon

Sophie Bodet, vice president – head of intellectual property at Haleon, reveals the pivotal role her team played in Europe’s biggest demerger of the past 20 years – all while managing a portfolio of 33,000 trademarks covering some of healthcare’s best-known brands.

07 August 2023

Emergent tech and electric cars shake up brand landscape

Virtual headsets, electric cars and NFT art make their presence known in Clarivate's 2023 Top 100 New Brands report.

29 June 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

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