Organisation: The Coca-Cola Company

In our latest round-up, we look at the Benelux IP office finding in favour of an IP firm in a metaverse dispute, UK cybersquatting complaints falling, and more.

09 February 2024

WTR’s Food, Beverages and Tobacco Team of the Year reflects on the fruits of its labour. 

18 August 2023

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

13 July 2023

We continue our series highlighting recent Legal Updates that you may have missed by looking at cases where big brands suffered a defeat before the courts or the IP office.  

12 July 2023

This decision of the Commercial Court constitutes the first application and interpretation of the principle of regional exhaustion under the new Trademark Law.

16 May 2023

Less than a quarter of trademark applications that Coca-Cola filed across major registers between 2018 and 2022 were for soft drinks, according to CompuMark data. 

27 March 2023

The Supreme Court has reversed a decision of the trial court and held that the importation of Schweppes products from Ukraine does not constitute parallel importation.

28 July 2022

New market entrants should be wary that the balance of convenience is likely to weigh heavily in favour of an incumbent trademark owner with significant reputation in Australia, as demonstrated by this dispute between competitors in the dishwasher tablet market.

01 October 2021

The renowned drinks manufacturer has been on a brand purge since the end of 2020, putting an end to underperformers and reallocating resources to its best and most promising brands

20 August 2021

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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