Organisation: Siemens

Canadian IP giants merge; Blockbuster bar forced to change name; Starbucks accused of trade secrets misappropriation – news digest

In our latest round-up, we look at Vans settling the WAVY BABY dispute, Mark Wahlberg’s burger chain settling a trademark dispute with a burger truck, and more.

23 August 2024

Key infringement cases highlight Chinese courts’ approaches to damages

Featured in Trademark Litigation Review 2025

The past year has seen several high damages awards cases in China, and the courts are applying different methods to calculate amounts. As approaches differ across the country, it is crucial for rights holders to understand current judicial practices, which ultimately demonstrate a stronger focus on deterring infringers.

20 August 2024

What QBPC’s top 10 cases list tells us about litigation and enforcement in China

QBPC has published a list of key litigation actions, highlighting heavy sentences in criminal cases and high damages in civil cases.

06 May 2024

China's most important cases of the year

We examine the most influential Chinese trademark rulings of the year – and two published pending disputes worth monitoring in 2024.

29 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

WTR Brand Elite analysis: October 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite fell two points in October, hitting its lowest value this year. Yet technology companies – led by Microsoft – bucked the negative trend.

17 November 2023

Brand enforcement in the ‘.ai’ domain space needs to be a priority

New research finds major brands exposed in the ‘.ai’ TLD space, meaning that it needs to be at the top of the domain monitoring list – before it’s too late.

11 November 2023

New Chinese brands eye global footprint, research reveals

The number of new Chinese brands leading the way in global protection exceeds the number of US brands adopting a similar strategy, according to the first ever Clarivate Top 100 New Brands report.

30 June 2022

Top 50 trademark applicants: Europe 2020

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

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