A dispute over Chinese pear names has produced a UK ruling that reinforces guidance on descriptiveness, genericism and evidence quality, while confirming that directors can face personal liability for ...

A trademark dispute between two software firms both operating under the name ‘Perplexity’ has collapsed in federal court after months of procedural back-and-forth.

Kimjoux's Trang Do explains how she built multi-layered trade secret protection into her fine jewellery business from day one ...

As China raises the bar for criminal IP enforcement with stricter jurisdictional rules, higher evidence standards and more sophisticated technical requirements, brand owners must embrace technology, ...

US Senators Thom Tillis and Adam Schiff have asked the American Law Institute to provide greater transparency around the drafting and adoption of its controversial copyright law restatement. WTR's ...

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Luxury fashion house Maison Margiela has successfully invalidated seven EU designs that lacked distinctiveness compared to ...

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More than half of the 30 leading brands tracked by WTR's Brand Tracker increased their global trademark filing activity in ...

Senior brand experts at Canon, H&M, Prada and Transport for London are among the exceptional speaker line-up at WTR Live: ...

Consumer education and persistent enforcement are the key to an effective brand protection strategy, says Puma counsel brand ...

Better known by their brand names like Ozempic and Mounjaro, the popularity of GLP-1s has soared in recent years. As fakes ...