Organisation: Tencent

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

Pendency increases at Taiwan IP Office despite continued drop in applications

TIPO's annual report promises to improve efficiency and examination quality despite limited resources and growing pendency.

18 July 2024

Esports and in-video game ads: unlocking value for brands and platforms

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2024: Training your defence: the sports brand playbook

15 July 2024

Brand Tracker: January-April 2024

Featured in Brand trademark tracker

The WTR Brand Tracker series uses Corsearch data to shed light on the trademark strategies of 31 leading companies. 

01 July 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

Crowdsourcing enforcement leads: Weixin report outlines enhancements to brand protection progamme 

Tencent has released its 2023 Weixin brand protection platform report. WTR sat down with Danny Marti, head of global public policy at Tencent, to get the inside track on current and future focuses.

17 April 2024

Brand Tracker: September-December 2023

Featured in Brand trademark tracker

The WTR Brand Tracker series uses Corsearch data to shed light on the trademark strategies of 31 leading companies.

11 March 2024

USTR Notorious Markets List reveals notable absences

AliExpress has been dropped from the USTR Notorious Markets List this year, but social media platforms remain glaringly absent.

31 January 2024

WeChat reputation triumphs against tough economic conditions

The popular messaging service has been crowned the world’s strongest brand despite a drop in value this year, as Chinese brands come to dominate the top of the rankings.

19 January 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

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