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Revealed: this year’s Asia-Pacific Trademark 50

We examine the companies protecting trademarks en masse in Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea – revealing both the largest trademark portfolio owners and the most active filers of the past year.

29 August 2024

Revealed: agent networks of the world’s most valuable brands

We reveal the law firms filing the most trademarks on behalf of the likes of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook.

11 April 2024

Inside the filing behaviour of the world’s most valuable brands

We examine the application activity of the companies behind the 10 most valuable brands in the world, ahead of fresh data analysis revealing the law firm partners filing on their behalf.

10 April 2024

Court of Appeal confirms Samsung's liability for offering third-party infringing apps on its app store

It is unlikely that intermediary service providers who are actively involved in testing, reviewing and controlling the products offered on their platforms will be able to rely on the Article 14 defence.

02 February 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

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

EUIPO trends and top filers: 2022/23

Featured in Trademark register tracker

Drawing on data supplied by the office, WTR presents the leading EUTM and RCD filers at the office for the 12 months to 1 May 2023.

05 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

Samsung timed out by Swatch

The case shows that the Article 14 defence is unlikely to be available to any app store operators who are assisting in some way in the creation of apps by third parties or who are involved in the way those apps are sold and marketed.

08 September 2022

Data highlights South Korea’s trademark ecosystem as one that is heavily utilised by local brands

The Asian Tiger is known for being an innovation powerhouse, but data analysis shows it isn’t all about the patents.

14 May 2021

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