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- Apple no longer top of the tree; Google named world’s most valuable brand http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=6b5112ad-3504-4f1b-8af8-8c0a000b02ff 2 comments
- Russian government considers suspending IP rights of foreign companies https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/anti-counterfeiting/russian-government-considers-suspending-ip-rights-of-foreign-companies 25 comments worldnews
- Truth Social: Trump's global launch plan could face EU and Sweden legal hurdles https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/truth-social-trumps-global-launch-plan-could-face-eu-legal-hurdle 4 comments worldnews
- Banksy NFT collection launching this week from controversial multimillionaire activist https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/enforcement-and-litigation/banksy-nft-collection-launch-notorious-multimillionaire-trademark-filer 55 comments technology
- Manchester United, FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr revealed as football clubs and players with largest trademark portfolios https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brand-management/revealed-the-football-clubs-and-players-the-largest-trademark-portfolios 6 comments soccer
- Privacy alarm as foreign individual passport details published by China's National Intellectual Property Administration https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brand-management/privacy-alarm-applicant-passport-details-published-china-national-intellectual-property-administration 5 comments worldnews
- The European Super League announcement has caused clubs to lose €2.5 billion in brand value https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/anti-counterfeiting/european-super-league-costs-clubs-eu25-billion-brand-value-cuthbert-the-caterpillar-returns-barbie-and-zara-partner-news-digest 102 comments soccer
- Apple wrestles ‘world's most valuable brand’ crown from Amazon as diversification drives growth https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brand-management/apple-wrestles-most-valuable-brand-crown-amazon-diversification-drives-growth 3 comments technology
- Manchester United and Lionel Messi have the most trademarks, by a wide margin, of any football club and player respectively https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brand-management/manchester-united-crowned-champions-of-trademarks-premier-league-messi-tops-player-ranking 107 comments soccer
- UK businessman withdraws trademark applications related to Black Lives Matter following backlash https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brand-management/uk-businessman-withdraws-trademark-applications-related-black-lives-matter 3 comments worldnews
- Amazon under fire for banning sale of Google Chromecast and “fulfilling” sales of fake and copycat streaming devices. http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=2e5b0f42-71eb-4906-8bd9-d8cd30bdc4c3 138 comments technology
- Amazon overtakes Apple and Google to be named world's most valuable brand http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=1d6d0884-7a55-4b51-b97f-a48391c0c6cc 105 comments worldnews
- Amazon overtakes Apple and Google to be named world’s most valuable brand http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=1d6d0884-7a55-4b51-b97f-a48391c0c6cc 63 comments technology
- Revealed: the $300 billion plain packaging threat to the beverage industry http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=ec4037ac-5b07-48c7-9272-d7b206bd9eb4 18 comments worldnews
- Investigation reveals massive scope of German entrepreneur buying thousands of domain names and trademark applications for unknown reason http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=0a0b5719-390e-477d-b339-1fb389788860 10 comments technology
- Research reveals 93% of celebrity brand endorsements on Instagram are “deceptive” http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=e1e7a937-6f95-4700-b309-3600be47a8fd 5 comments technology
- Trump Administration's first Special 301 Report slams Canada and Mexico for inadequate border enforcement against counterfeits http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=0c3a597a-cef3-45d4-82aa-19bee0e8ef6b 3 comments politics
- Google replaces Apple as the world's most valuable brand http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=6b5112ad-3504-4f1b-8af8-8c0a000b02ff 296 comments technology
- Samsung committed the “cardinal sin of crisis management” – now trust in its entire brand and all of its devices is at risk http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=d0c7bbf6-f352-4014-a8ff-104ba18cb09b 13 comments technology
- Can one person own a genre of literature? Fierce debate going on regarding an author's trademark of the word 'creepypasta' http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=5fef882a-8c86-443a-81d9-e34475fd14b2 9 comments books
- Research shows Barcelona and AC Milan have most trademarks in football, Neymar has most for a player (and Chelsea still owns Mourinho and Torres name) http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=377ed7d8-59f7-40e6-95f7-1743a13ee048 7 comments soccer
- Comodo CEO's comments about 'Let's Encrypt' deemed "patronising", "defensive", "in defence-mode" and "with little empathy" by expert http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=34b7bc2e-b285-4da4-aaf9-a152249f649c 34 comments linux
- Comodo CEO's comments about Let's Encrypt described by expert as "patronising", "defensive", "in defence-mode" and "with little empathy" http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=34b7bc2e-b285-4da4-aaf9-a152249f649c 39 comments sysadmin
- New Zealand to pass law requiring plain packaging on tobacco products by "end of the year", following lead of Australia, UK, France and Ireland http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=f3716279-fe87-45da-9b11-b2d9d2704a75 5 comments worldnews
- New study suggests plain packaging for food could increase consumption/intake http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=1134a125-784b-477b-b86d-b359ccb505bb 6 comments science
- Canada to join Australia, Ireland and UK by introducing plain packaging on cigarette packs http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=b69dc5e8-2989-455d-96d7-ee3fdbd768bd 53 comments worldnews
- Law firms slow in taking up new domain names .law and .legal http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=5ab04b4d-bd27-452f-b7b4-69d659dd92c3 5 comments law
- Google could have infringed RedTube trademarks with 'YouTube Red'. RedTube responds that it is "quite honoured by the association" http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=a25da982-d844-4a18-a9c0-fc87394c98bd 48 comments technology
- Disney lawyers "could challenge" Banksy's new 'Dismaland' art project http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=d48eb8f3-e136-41ae-a1cf-454c861db734 6 comments worldnews
- Casino companies bullying game devs, has this happened to anyone else? http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=019ea478-c082-4c13-8b4c-819b57b7e681 6 comments gamedev
- Self-proclaimed "Trademark King" files $50,000 in trademark applications for terms such as APPLE.COM, GOOGLE.COM, MICROSOFT.COM - all refused by USPTO http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=37037656-4556-42cc-89cc-54c4180f6aed 28 comments technology
- Academics plan to use science to lessen subjectivity of intellectual property law http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=2833d968-44f3-4597-97af-0dbef6f33026 4 comments science
- Research shows new "anti-corporate" social network Ello is friendly to brands; emailing legal warnings to users and blocking users from registering usernames http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=01adc241-a4c6-4a9b-a3a8-d5dd1697d374 10 comments technology
- Charlie Hebdo: Over 50 trademark applications for 'Je suis Charlie' were refused today by the French trademark office http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=d4bcc4d6-b033-4740-9bfb-5d4c81b59490 11 comments worldnews
- Lawyers react to trademark filling in Europe for "Je suis Charlie" http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=1518ebee-cf96-404c-b248-375a69c86e0b 3 comments law
- Kimberly-Clark decries Wikipedia ‘misinformation’ in battle against KLEENEX becoming a legally generic word http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=b6d68891-aa6d-4b2e-bda1-c502d343cffe 4 comments law
- App developer sues Google; lawyer says Android developers should be automatically stopped from having apps with potentially trademark infringing names http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=150b0b9f-e08c-4cae-bb13-71904c481ec0 16 comments technology
- Brand hijacking habits in new gTLDs (top level domains): Samsung has lost its name on 50% of the biggest new gTLDs http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=679f2763-dc11-4016-88ef-9391c0e6d50b 10 comments technology
- The UK has rejected a passport application for 'L Skywalker' because of trademark infringement, a decision labelled 'absurd' by trademark lawyers. http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=177fb7b4-24c5-441a-a9b8-664f77ce8be8 13 comments worldnews
- The REDSKINS decision sparked an eruption of 'hyperbole and misinformation' from the media http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=60f26360-f262-4758-ad20-4610f1abcd60 21 comments law