Organisation: Sharp

The Supreme Court addressed for the first time the issue of when use of a trademark on a foreign website infringes a UK trademark.

15 March 2024

We scrutinise the data to reveal the 50 companies with the largest portfolios in five major jurisdictions.

13 July 2023

The CJEU’s decision in this case - together with the other decisions issued on 17 November 2022 - provides important guidance for trademark owners and parallel importers in the pharmaceutical industry.

10 January 2023

The decision will no doubt become the new ‘go-to’ case on targeting in the United Kingdom.

01 June 2022

Featured in Brand trademark tracker

The top 50 owners of the largest active European trademark portfolios together filed 15% fewer marks last year than they did the year before, dropping from 11,427 applications down to 9,902. 

07 July 2021

Featured in Special Report 2021 Q2: Inside in-house operations - how to build world-class trademark functions and portfolios

The top 50 owners of the largest active European trademark portfolios together filed 15% fewer marks last year than they did the year before, dropping from 11,427 applications down to 9,902. 

07 July 2021

The United States has experienced another record-breaking year in terms of trademark filings, in part due to a flurry of applications from Chinese-based businesses. But this is both good and bad news for rights holders.

04 January 2021

Featured in Trademark register tracker

Filing data at the top Asia-Pacific IP offices reveals a region undergoing spectacular growth, accounting for a colossal 80% of trademark activity worldwide last year. Spearheading the effort is China – a nation with increasing influence over its neighbours, which shows no signs of slowing down.

23 September 2020

This guest analysis provides best practices for marking trademark registrations on websites with global reach.

10 September 2020

The High Court has brought an end - for now - to the long-running trademark dispute between Merck KGaA and Merck Sharp & Dohme.

26 June 2020