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The Enhanced Games: how the ‘doping Olympics’ wants to reinvent sports sponsorship around tech and pharma

AI remains key as tech brand stock values soar: WTR Brand Elite analysis

Apple was the standout stock market performer through May, with technology brands posting strong results.

IP Court provides guidance on trademark use in non-use cancellation actions

The decision sets forth some criteria to determine whether goods or services should be considered the same or equivalent.

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Legal Updates you may have missed: when the EUIPO Board of Appeal makes mistakes

We complete our series highlighting recent Legal Updates that you may have missed by looking at cases where the EU General Court criticised the findings of the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO.

14 July 2023

Roundtable: setting up an IP team in Asia

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2023: Spotlight on Asia-Pacific: A guide to strategically navigating the evolving landscape

04 July 2023

Notable litigation cases in India, Japan and South Korea

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2023: Spotlight on Asia-Pacific: A guide to strategically navigating the evolving landscape

04 July 2023

WTR Brand Elite analysis: May 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite dropped one point through May, as major stock indices returned mixed results. Tech brands performed strongly, with a suite of new AI-powered Alexa devices giving Amazon a notable boost.

22 June 2023

PTO issues important decision on distinctiveness of trademarks consisting of device element and descriptive words

The decision sheds light on the criteria to be applied to the examination of composite trademarks.

08 June 2023

Success for Glaxo’s 3D mark for purple asthma inhaler

Glaxo has prevailed on appeal in these long-running invalidity proceedings, with the General Court annulling a EUIPO decision invalidating Glaxo’s 3D mark for the shape of an inhaler.

06 June 2023

Confusion is possible between similar trademarks applied to prescription-only medicines

Confusion may still occur where similar marks are applied to pharmaceutical products prescribed by doctors and dispensed by pharmacists.

05 June 2023

WTR Brand Elite analysis: April 2023

Featured in Stock market performance

The WTR Brand Elite rose a single point through April, taking it to its highest value level in just over a year.

29 May 2023

WTR award winners revealed: industry elite celebrates in Singapore

Corporate trademark excellence has been celebrated at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, with the winners of this year’s WTR Industry Awards announced at an exclusive champagne reception.

18 May 2023

General Court: no likelihood of confusion between BIOLARK and BIOPLAK

The court found, among other things, that “pharmaceutical products” in Class 5 and “medical devices” in Class 10 were not complementary.

16 May 2023

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