Study on the Apple Lawsuit against Samsung: Intellectual property is defined as a work or invention that is the result of creativity‚ such as a document or a design‚ to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent/copyright/trademark. Apple has succeeded in winning a lawsuit against Samsung. This patent war between the two leading smart phone companies‚ ended up in Samsung having to pay apple more than $1bn in damages. This is a result of Samsung having supposedly infringed some
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Analysis the Extended Marketing Mix Product Samsung touchphones and smartphones have three levels of product: core (they are communicational and fast computing devices)‚ actual (they are branding stylish‚ have high quality‚ great packaging and features)‚ and augmented (they are added with local repair and free upgrade services‚ the warranty). The following products have high quality phone features‚ accessories; including headphones‚ charger‚ manual‚ and a stylish package (Park‚ 2009). Pricing
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reproduced without written permission from the author. Brand awareness and brand image Chuck Chakrapani Building brand equity To build brand equity‚ we need to start with the building blocks of brand equity. They include brand awareness‚ and brand image or the associations that a brand evokes. Brand awareness Brand awareness has two components: breadth and depth. Let us first consider depth . While a consumer may be aware of many brands‚ all brands are not equal in terms of awareness. The depth of
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we – as a group - are very passionate in learning and experiencing various aspects in Marketing during our time studying at the university. Thus‚ we have taken this subject final report as an opportunity to test our knowledge and analyzing skill in Brand Management. During our time attending and joining the active studying environment‚ we have learned and developed our mindset effectively. Every lessons given by the teacher‚ every presentation made by the classmates and every group discussion have
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of the concept. For brand it is difficult if one intends to assess its status at two different points in time‚ having a totally different meaning in the minds. Just to place the perspective‚ it had a status of "Names or symbols that identify the unique source of a product or service" to "that which should drive the design of the total customer experience derived out of a unique trust and emotional attachment." This makes it essential for us to assess the evolution of "BRANDS" based on a given parameter
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Brand Extensions Brand extension is a marketing strategy according to which a company marketing a product or a service launches a new offering (product or service) that is related to the one of the existing brands of the company‚ but offers different benefits and/or targets a different segment. Organizations use this strategy to increase and leverage upon their brand equity. When a firm is introducing a new product‚ it has the following 3 choices on branding: 1. Developing a new brand for the
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Brand Equity A brand represents a “name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol‚ or design‚ or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competition.” Without a recognizable brand‚ a product is but a mere commodity. It’s more than just a name‚ term‚ symbol‚ etc. – a brand is everything that one company’s particular offering stands for in comparison to other brands in a cate-gory of competitive products. As the value
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Brand Antecedents of true BrAnd LoyALty Jooyoung Kim‚ Jon d. Morris‚ and Joffre swait ABSTRACT: We examine a model of six latent constructs and propose that true brand loyalty can be explained as a result of five distinct antecedents: brand credibility‚ affective brand conviction‚ cognitive brand conviction‚ attitude strength‚ and brand commitment. Data from experimental conditions with manipulations of eight product classes and two involvement levels lend support for the proposed model‚ demonstrating
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STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL PROJECT : CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 BRAND ANALYSIS 4 1.1. Brand and/or organizational values 4 1.1.1. The umbrella brand 5 2.1. Brand/company heritage 6 3.1. Brand and/or company strengths and weaknesses 7 3.1.1. Strengths 7 3.1.2. Weaknesses 8 4.1. Analysis of competition 8 REFERENCES 10 INTRODUCTION Throughout this paper‚ we will try to introduce you more closely to the brand of NIVEA‚ its core brand values‚ way of operating
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is a key element of a firm’s marketing strategy. Strong brands help establish the firm’s identity in the market place‚ and develop a solid customer franchise (Aaker‚ 1996; Kapferer‚ 1997; Keller‚ 1998). Owning the number one or two brand in the product category provides manufacturers withas well as providing a weapon to counter growing retailer power (Barwise and Robertson‚ 1992). A strong brand name Theycan also provide the basis for brand extensions‚ which further strengthen the firm’s position
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