The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, in conjunction with the Cornell University and the international business…

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published the Global Challenges Report on June 11, 2014. The study deals with the climate change as one of the biggest global challenges of our time. Therefore,…

The question if and which slogans and claims can receive trademark protection is topic of a lot of disputes in Germany and throughout the European Union.

Introduction

The protection of slogans is very…

The WIPO Global Brand Database offers a new search feature. The new function makes it possible to upload an image and search for visual similarities to other images.

Global Brand Database

The Global Brand…

On the basis of the convergence program the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) is trying to align the official practice of the national trademark offices in Europe. The aim of the program is to…

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing a workshop for Mediators about Intellectual Property Disputes. The workshop will take place on May 22/23,  2014 in Geneva in Switzerland.

Introd…

Just recently, WIPO published statistics on trademark, design and patent filings in 2013. The growth of the filings per country is ranked, as well as the top technologies and largest files. Additionally, the…

Interbrand just recently published its 3rd Annual Green Brands Report. Revealed below are the top ranked 50 "green" brands. Interbrand's reports - including sector overviews, articles and interviews etc. - can be…