Organisation: Pfizer

The court found that the defendants’ use of the mark VIGOURA in relation to homeopathic medicine amounted to infringement and passing off of Pfizer’s registered mark VIAGRA.

30 May 2024

Foreign brand owners can take encouragement from slow but steady developments at the Myanmar IP department over the past year, local practitioners suggest.

25 April 2024

DABUS inventor Stephen Thaler claims that the IP system needs an overhaul to recognise the creativity of “sentient” AI technology and to promote innovation across industries.

03 February 2024

USPTO Trademark Commissioner David Gooder sits down with WTR to outline key developments and challenges at the agency over the past 12 months.

21 December 2023

Sophie Bodet, vice president – head of intellectual property at Haleon, reveals the pivotal role her team played in Europe’s biggest demerger of the past 20 years – all while managing a portfolio of 33,000 trademarks covering some of healthcare’s best-known brands.

07 August 2023

WTR delves into filing activity in Asia to discuss application trends and the top foreign filers of 2022.

10 May 2023

Initiative is welcomed by the community, although some applications are reportedly erroneously included.

13 February 2023

A recent report urges companies to halt political spending to “minimise the risk of blowback”, which can include significant harm to brand reputation.

19 October 2022

The IP Court recognised that Christian Louboutin’s red-lacquered sole, as well as the phrase ‘红底鞋’ (‘red-sole shoe’ in English), were associated with Christian Louboutin and, therefore, were subject to protection under the Anti-unfair Competition Law.

06 October 2022

As brands emerge into the post-pandemic world, Brand Finance’s David Haigh provides a high-level view on a historic year and an informed perspective with which to confront an unpredictable future global landscape

03 March 2022