Brand Architecture

Brand
ArchitectureMoving Towards Brand Management
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Succinctly stated, a strong brand:
•  Secures goodwill
•  Builds brand loyalty
•  Becomes a symbol of quality or value
•  Differen:ates a product or service or organisa:on
•  Encourages the confidence of employees, investors, consumers,
licensees, collaborators and donors
•  Provides “armour” against poten:al compe:tors and infringers
•  Stores value as an asset recognised by legal and accoun:ng principles.
David A. Aaker and others refer to “brand equity”. They refer to a
combina:on of brand awareness, brand iden:ty, perceived quality and
brand loyalty. Other key words include differen:a:on, relevance,
esteem and knowledge.
1. What does a strong brand achieve?

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2. Fundamental principles
Brand architecture structures and integrates the iden>ty
of a venture’s diﬀerent products, services and messages.
Complementary messages build the brand experience of the
audience or users and create a legally strong brand.
•  Harmonise the text, design and other content of a brand to
communicate clearly and succinctly.
•  Design marke:ng and communica:on touch points to build
the brand according to a consistent house style.
•  Design the presence of the brand online, on mobile devices,
in print and everywhere to have a consistent look, sound and
feel.

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Legally strong brands are made by coordinated and consistent
branding decisions. Legally weak brands have limited rights. They
are hard and expensive to protect. Inconsistency commonly
arises from naive branding decisions in brand selec:on,
development and use. This is how the cookie oJen crumbles:
1.  Domain name registered by founder of a venture – “Wow, it
was available!”
2.  Company name registered by accountant – “I spelt it diﬀerently
for a reason.”
3.  Logo by graphic designer – “It’s got it all, name and design,
looks great, eh?”
4.  Trade mark registered by founder/aPorney – “Great logo. Just
ﬁle it quick!”
Congrats to all. A legally weak brand created by 4 uncoordinated,
accidental decisions.

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Management… Design… Legal…

A brand is legally weak if management, design and legal
considera:ons are not integrated.
1 2 3
Legal protec:on is also weakened if parts of the brand are managed
in separate silos by diﬀerent people. The parts include company
name, domain name, trade mark, logo and packaging design.
3. Inconsistency creates legally weak brands

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1 APPLE 118.863 U.S.
2 GOOGLE 107.439 U.S.
3 COCA-COLA 81.563 U.S.
4 IBM 72.244 U.S.
5 MICROSOFT 61.154 U.S.
6 GE 45.480 U.S.
7 SAMSUNG 45.462 South Korea
8 TOYOTA 42.392 Japan
9 McDONALD'S 42.254 U.S.
10 MERCEDES-BENZ 34.338 Germany
11 BMW 34.214 Germany
12 INTEL 34.153 U.S.
13 DISNEY 32.223 U.S.
14 CISCO 30.936 U.S.
15 AMAZON 29.478 U.S.
Rank Value $US Billion Origin
Source: Interbrand. Interbrand’s 15th Annual
Best Global Brands Report, 9 October 2014
4. World’s valuable brands

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Rank Brand 2014 VALUE
$US Billion
2013 VALUE
$US Billion
% CHANGE
Winners
29 FACEBOOK 14.349 7.732 +86
45 AUDI 9.831 7.767 +27
15 AMAZON 29.478 23.620 +25
31 VOLKSWAGEN 13.716 11.120 +23
56 NISSAN 7.623 6.203 +23
Losers
98 NOKIA 4.138 7.444 -44
100 NINTENDO 4.103 6.086 -33
18 GILLETTE 22.845 25.105 -9
19 LOUIS VUITTON 22.552 24.893 -9
17 HP 23.758 25.843 -8
Source: Interbrand. Interbrand’s 15th Annual
Best Global Brands Report, 9 October 2014
5. Rising and declining brand values

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Brand Approaches
Monolithic
Brand
Independent
brands
eg Dove, Lux,
Vaseline, Lipton
Endorser
Brand
Endorsed brands
eg Post-it, Scotch
and Nexcare
Branded
House

Sub-brands
eg iPhone, iPad,
iWatch and iMac
6. Case studies in brand architecture

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A Breath of Fresh Air™
•  Three brand elements work in synch in this example.
•  The circular graphic below ﬁrst appears on its own.
•  It combines with a name and descriptor (“oxygen” +“accoun:ng”).
•  Finally it works with a tag line (“a breath of fresh air”).
•  Each module ﬁts with the other.
•  This illustrates how a graphic, organisa>on name and tag line build and integrated.
Case Study: Brand architecture for an organisation

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Case Study: Brand architecture for a product (wine label)
The winery may be a brand, eg LAKES FOLLY
The variety can also be a “brand”, eg SHIRAZ
The geographic region may be a
brand eg BAROSSA VALLEY
The year of vintage is a brand
for wine buﬀs, eg 2001
The country of origin as a
brand, eg AUSTRALIA

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Case Study: Australian Government’s Re-Branding
BEFORE - Rejected by
Howard Government
AFTER - Adopted by
Howard Government

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Nestle’s brand architecture

Nestle is very sophis>cated in its branding. It is
both a monolithic brand and an endorser brand.
•  Nestle is a food conglomerate, a house of
brands with both diet and non-diet products.
•  Nestle used brand architecture in its famous Nestle
Branding Tree.
•  On global products the Nestle brand
appeared, eg Carna:on, Maggi, Perrier, Quick,
Kit Kat.
•  On 7,640 regional or local products the word
Nestle did not always appear, eg Lifesavers,
Allens, Findus, Lean Cuisine.

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Sub-brands - legal recogni>on

Beecham Group Plc v Colgate-Palmolive Pty Ltd 66 IPR 254

•  The use of sub-brands enables the owner of the parent brand to market a
range of different products or services, competing in different market
segments, but retaining the values of the parent brand.
•  A parent brand is often used together with a sub-brand so that the positive
attributes of the parent brand are attributed to the sub-brand, without the
need to create an entirely new set of brand values for the sub-brand, which
would cost the company time and money and may not succeed.
•  Sub-brands are also used to communicate to consumers specific and
differentiating values pertaining to the sub-brand, which often appeal to
different market segments while still having the benefit of attributing to each
sub-brand the brand values of the parent brand.

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What are the future objec>ves for each?

What are the key messages for each?
[Your venture company name
product name and trade mark
methodology or product features name]
7. Implemen>ng your brand architecture

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Brand architecture serves the need of
posi:oning an organisa:on and its offerings
in the minds of its audience or customers
and stakeholders.
Below is a simple posi>oning statement
matrix. What would be the answer on the
right hand column for your organisa:on?

Posi>oning Statement
Who <Target customers>
What <Venture/product/service
offerings>
Why <Compelling reason to engage or
buy>
Value-add <Key benefit – value proposi:on>
Unique Selling
Proposi>on
<Differen:a:on – from
compe::on>
What is posi>oning?
Posi>oning is a marke:ng concept, for
differen:a:on of an organisa:on and its
offerings, by building percep:ons about what
is on offer for customers and stakeholders.
Differen:a:on is one of four mechanisms for
compe::veness:
1.  Price
2.  Timeliness
3.  Quality
4.  Differen:a:on
Tools for posi:ons include the posi>oning
statement (right), brand architecture and
other marke:ng communica:on tools.

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•  Leg on its own, a company or product label, domain name, trade mark
or logo does not create a powerful brand.
•  More is needed to create branding which sings and stays on message:
1.  Associated elements, eg descriptor, tag line, labels, swing tags
2.  Graphic design, eg logo, fonts, colour palePe, symbols, characters,
layouts, formats
3.  In-house guides, eg templates, guides, house style guide.
4.  Legal decisions as regards what to register, where to register, in
which name to register and how to register.

Items 1, 2, 3 and 4 are key tools to build a strong brand architecture.
Develop them to get beher outcomes, including from legal advice.

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Product Sale Collateral Communication Collateral Marketing Collateral
•  Email Footer
•  Website Banner
•  Letterhead
•  Tax Invoice
•  Statement
•  Receipt
•  Business Card
•  Brochures
•  Forms
•  Letters
•  Social Media
•  Publications
•  Blog Articles
•  Packaging
•  Labels
•  Banners
•  Swing tag
•  Training materials
•  Guides
8. Brand collateral or formats

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Intellectual Property Law
Business Law
Assets Management
Entrepreneur Support
1. We iden:fy, shape,
contract & protect your
assets
2. We structure businesses,
deals & transac:ons for your
assets
4. We provide
tools & training
for you to
standardise your
processes and
add value to your
assets
3. We build strategies
for wealth crea:on
for your assets
Patents and copyright
Trade mark registration
Branding and trade practices
Confidential information
Technology licensing
Internet and e-commerce law
IT and communications law
Entertainment law
Franchising law
Business Law
Business transactions
Business contracting
Structuring enterprises
Human resources law
Deal negotiation
Securities law
Sale of business
Dispute resolution
Commercial litigation
Assets Management
Intellectual property management
Intellectual capital management
Valuation of intellectual assets
Knowledge management
Document management
Project management
Strategic planning
Management consultancy
Deal making training
Management training
Marketing support
Fundraising
8. What we do: services for intellectual assets

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Business Law
Intellectual Assets Management
Dilanchian is a ﬁrm of specialist lawyers and consultants
with over 30 years experience in business law,
emphasising technology, contracts, capital raising and
intellectual property protec:on and commercialisa:on.
9. Connect
Innova>ve > Integrated > Solu>ons
Important Disclaimer
This document is an overview for general guidance only. It does not replace the need for
advice on individual cases. For speciﬁc advice your par:cular circumstances must be taken
into account.
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