Organisation: Verizon Communications

Closed generics remain off the table; big win for Verizon; new gTLDs hit sunrise: Domain Watch (January 2024)

Our monthly column covers recent developments in internet policy, governance and use.

29 January 2024

A year in trademarks at Verizon: fighting an unprecedented increase in cybersquatting and scams

WTR sits down with Patrick Flaherty, senior managing associate general counsel, intellectual property law and policy group, at Verizon, to reflect on an award-winning year and why brand owners need to make use of ICANN’s Registration Data Request Service.

02 January 2024

What brands need from their partners in the courtroom

In-house experts offer their perspectives on what makes for a perfect partnership with litigation firms.

30 November 2023

VERIZON wins well-known status in India; local counsel reveals key to success

Verizon’s local counsel reveals the secret to the company’s success in obtaining well-known status in an unusual case.

02 August 2023

Brand Tracker: January-April 2023

Featured in Brand trademark tracker

Fashion and luxury brands Christian Dior and Estée Lauder more than doubled their filing activity in the first four months of 2023 - while many leading brands more than halved their own - WTR analysis shows.

23 June 2023

Most valuable brands’ law firm networks: revealed

We reveal the law firms filing the highest number of trademarks and patents for the world’s 10 most valuable brands.

23 March 2023

Chinese firms behind a fifth of filings by world’s most valuable brands

Chinese representatives are filing almost a fifth of all trademarks for the world’s most valuable brands, according to WTR data analysis, but a drop in filings could lead to reduced partnership opportunities.

23 March 2023

Tracking brands on the stock market

Featured in Special Report 2021 Q3: Managing the brand balance sheet

The WTR Brand Elite project follows the stock performance of brand-focused companies, shedding light on possible links between brand innovation and investment, and financial success.

30 September 2021

WTR Brand Elite analysis: June 2020

Featured in Stock market performance

Analysis of the stock market performance of the WTR Brand Elite – a composite index of some of the world’s top brand-focused companies – since the start of 2018 paints a largely positive picture.

23 July 2020

Microsoft tops intangible value list; companies warned to prepare for economic turbulence

Microsoft takes top position on the list of companies boasting the highest level of intangible value. However, at a global level, the picture looks gloomy, with the first fall in undisclosed intangible asset value since 2011.

14 November 2019