Organisation: Western Digital

In a dispute between several tech companies, the Delhi High Court has intervened to restrain the defendant from reselling hard-drive disks. The decision highlights the interplay between proprietary rights and consumer interest, as well as the process of determining a product’s true origin.

18 April 2024

More needs to be done to foster a fair and inclusive working environment, argue high-profile women IP leaders, in this week’s opinion column.

09 March 2024

We speak to 26 women leaders about how they made their first foray into IP, and how the industry has changed since.

08 March 2024

Twenty-six influential women in IP share the hardships they had to overcome to rise to leadership positions in a male-dominated industry.

08 March 2024

From the director of the USPTO to the CEO of IPwe, 26 influential women offer their advice to younger professionals aspiring for greatness.

07 March 2024

WTR looks back at major trends in the Asia-Pacific region from the past 12 months.

11 January 2023

Insights from the WTR Connect: Asia Anti-Counterfeiting event, with expert speakers from brands including Amazon, ASICS, Dyson and LEGO Group.

10 June 2022

The first WTR Industry Awards took place in Chicago in 2007.  In subsequent years, at ceremonies around the globe, the awards evening has regularly hosted, and celebrated with, hundreds of the corporate trademark world’s leading lights.

17 August 2021

Assistant general counsel Suchi Somasekar explains how Western Digital has continued to engage internal and external stakeholders while dealing with “an explosion of online counterfeits” – earning his side the title of WTR’s Technology and Consumer Electronics Team of the Year.

30 December 2020

An understanding of the law is just the first step to successful brand protection in China. WTR talked to local in-house counsel and private practitioners to get the inside track on how to craft a multifaceted trademark strategy for the region.

01 July 2019