Organisation: Shiseido

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

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

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

Kosé and Shiseido: cosmetics giants with a similar strategy

Japanese cosmetics manufacturers Kosé and Shiseido may vary in their net sales, but data analysis reveals similar trademark filing strategies.

14 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

International trademark applications drop steepest amount since 2009 financial crash

New data from WIPO reveals a significant drop in international trademark applications last year, but closer analysis offers optimism for the long-term outlook.

28 February 2023

Asia-Pacific trends and top filers: 2021

Featured in Trademark register tracker

In WTR’s annual Asia-Pacific deep dive, we take a look at major trends in 2021 as well as the top corporate and law firm filers across five key jurisdictions.

15 September 2022

Challenger cosmetics brands poised to thrive online

The beauty industry is in a period of major disruption, but the shift to e-commerce has benefitted DTC brands.

08 October 2021

Asia-Pacific trends and top filers: 2020

Featured in Trademark register tracker

WTR’s annual Asia-Pacific deep dive is here, revealing 2020’s top corporate and law firm filers, major trends and everything in between.

19 August 2021

The US Trademark 50

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

The owners of the 50 largest US trademark portfolios collectively held 58,811 active assets in 2020. Together these entities filed 5,557 applications over the course of the year, down 4% from the previous year.

07 July 2021

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