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Industry: Platforms & online marketplaces

The business of influencing: corporate law trends in influencer agreements

Featured in WTR Special Report Q3 2023: Safeguarding style: an examination of brand protection in the fashion and luxury industry

04 October 2023

Four Chinese shopping agents to keep on the radar

Featured in WTR Special Report Q3 2023: Safeguarding style: an examination of brand protection in the fashion and luxury industry

04 October 2023

Taking online anti-counterfeiting efforts from the Internet to the real world

Featured in Anti-counterfeiting and Online Brand Enforcement: Global Guide 2023

Identifying online infringers is relatively straightforward, but bringing legal action against them requires a strong legal team and an airtight prosecution strategy that simultaneously inflicts punishment and deters other bad actors.

29 September 2023

How to identify and subvert counterfeiters in e-commerce marketplaces

Featured in Anti-counterfeiting and Online Brand Enforcement: Global Guide 2023

The internet economy represents around 15% of the world’s GDP, making it the perfect target for bad actors with a taste for counterfeiting. To protect themselves online, brands need a solid detection and enforcement strategy to prevent financial and reputational damage.

29 September 2023

Brand YouTuber: how leading video stars are becoming more IP savvy

A WTR investigation finds that some of the world’s leading YouTube content creators are becoming increasingly more sophisticated when it comes to trademark protection.

22 September 2023

Louboutin v Amazon does not apply to ordinary online marketplaces, says district court

This is the first case in the Netherlands in which the claimant relied on the recent CJEU decision in Louboutin v Amazon.

19 September 2023

TikTok Shop continues global rollout, pushing back on counterfeit claims

Brand owners are being warned to “diligently police” TikTok Shop after its US launch this week.

13 September 2023

Meta launches campaign to educate “tens of millions of people” on dangers of counterfeiting

Meta has launched a new video campaign that aims to engage users on the dangers of counterfeiting and the need for vigilance when purchasing products via its platforms.

02 March 2023

Hermès secures jury verdict against Rothschild for NFT MetaBirkins

Norton Rose Fulbright’s Felicia J Boyd unpicks the New York jury decision that had the eyes of the trademark world watching, to reveal exactly how the case played out.

13 February 2023

USTR resists calls to include social media platforms in Notorious Markets List

The Office of the US Trade Representative has released its 2022 Notorious Markets List, resisting calls to include social media and US platforms accused of facilitating counterfeiting.

01 February 2023

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