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WTR celebrates summer of sport with new Sports Brand Playbook

WTR’s brand-new Special Report is an essential guide to championing winning brands on and off the playing field.

PIPCU celebrates Euro 2024 success; San Miguel brand shift; video game accused of violating NYPD marks – news digest

In our latest round-up, we look at the Malaysia government’s “inaccurate” use of IP protection term, a $10 million haul of fake goods in Kentucky , and much more.

Football’s favourite filing agents: the law firms protecting the beautiful game

WTR data analysis reveals the law firms filing trademarks for the world’s most valuable football team brands.

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Manchester United regains global trademark crown, as Mbappé, Bellingham and Haaland expand brand portfolios

Manchester United owns the biggest trademark portfolio in world football, followed by league rival Tottenham Hotspur and Spanish giant FC Barcelona, new research from WTR reveals.

21 May 2024

Global IP Benchmarking Survey: have your say in pioneering initiative uniting WTR and IAM audiences

In a unique collaboration, WTR and sister title IAM are working together on a new project that aims to take the pulse of the global IP industry.

01 May 2024

JPO finds no likelihood of confusion between KOKO and COCO

The JPO concluded that the marks were sufficiently distinguishable from a conceptual and visual point of view, regardless of the similarity of the services.

30 April 2024

Target leads the pack as energy brand stock values rise: WTR Brand Elite analysis

The WTR Brand Elite indices increased two points in March, once again closing out the month at its highest level since we started tracking the data in January 2018.

29 April 2024

Delhi High Court passes summary judgment and awards costs to plaintiff in ANGSANA dispute

The court passed a summary judgment and awarded costs in favour of Banyan Tree Holdings, as the defendants had failed to appear and file written statements despite being served with the suit.

24 April 2024

Aruba Tourism Authority fails to obtain cancellation of ARUBA mark

The Court of Appeals notably rejected Aruba Tourism Authority’s claim under Article 3 (g) of the Trademark Law, which prohibits the registration of names used by foreign nations recognised by the Argentine government.

23 April 2024

Legal Updates you may have missed: when the General Court disagrees with the EUIPO

To complete our series of pieces highlighting recent Legal Updates that you may have missed, we consider cases where the EU General Court disagreed with the findings of the EUIPO.

22 April 2024

Shortlist unveiled: WTR Industry Awards 2024

WTR reveals the in-house teams and individuals shortlisted for this year’s WTR Industry Awards.

17 April 2024

KISS sells IP to investment firm; ChatGPT brand concerns; CHILI CRUNCH mark challenges – news digest

In our latest round-up, we look at HALDIRAM’S winning well-known status in India, growing awareness of the ‘Made in Britain’ collective trademark, and much more.

05 April 2024

Bindings and brands: how industry giants took skiing to court

In this dispute between ski binding manufacturers, the Borgarting Court of Appeal has upheld the lower court’s decision that Atomic’s mark MOVER was invalid – but on different grounds.

04 April 2024

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