Firm Newsletters
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22 Sep2023Trademark I. Does the English letter(s) combined with number(s) as a trademark possess distinctiveness? &n...
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I. Change of Patent Rights in Taiwan – Assignment and Inheritance During the examination of a pending patent application or after the patent is granted, the original owner may transfer ...
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Trademark I. Under what circumstances does the TIPO initiate revocation ex officio if a trademark has not been used for t...
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I. Recordal of Changes for Patents in Taiwan – Required Documents and Official Fees During the examination of a pending patent application or after the patent is granted, it may be nece...
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Trademark I. [Taiwan] The Executive Yuan Approved the Partial Draft Amendments to the Trademark Act on March 9, 2023 &...
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I. [Taiwan] Revisions to the Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act - Effective Date: May 1, 2023 Draft revisions to the Articles 17, 28, and 90 of the Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act were p...
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Trademark Territorial Requirements for The Use of Trademarks in Taiwan 1. Preface &nb...
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I. The Relationship between the Metaverse and Design Patents in Taiwan (Part III) - How the Metaverse design patent application would be examined. Further to our previous article regarding wh...
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I. A Brief Instruction and Comparison of Copyright Infringement with the Taiwan Copyright Act and the Copyright Law of the United States The Taiwan Copyright Act borrows heavily from the ...
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Trademark I. The determination of the “Parody Defense” related to the Trademark Infringement for “LV” in Tai...
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I. Amendments to Part II “Substantive Examination for Invention” of the Patent Examination Guidelines Effective on July 1, 2022 Revisions have been made to Chapters 3, 6, 7, 8...
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19 Sep2022Trademark I. The Determination of the Likelihood of Confusion between Weak Trademarks-Based on the OATLY Case in the UK and the Chinese Characters (味全總舖師) Case in Taiwan ...
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26 Aug2022I. The Amendments to “the Copyright Act” Effective on June 15, 2022 The Legislative Yuan passed partial draft amendments to the Copyright Act by a third reading on May 27, which c...
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16 Jun2022I. Bid to Join CPTPP: Legislative Yuan (Taiwan) Approves Draft Amendments to the Copyright Act, Trademark Act, and Patent Act In order to ensure that Taiwan’s IPR laws comply with the C...
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Taiwan IP Updates TIPO Revises Pharmaceutical-Related Examination Guidelines Some clarification about what can be patentable or not in the pharmaceutical field has now been determined by TIP...
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10 Nov2020Newsletter November 2020 Patent Main Points of Amendments to Guidelines for Design Examination in 2020 The newly amended Guid...
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11 Sep2020Newsletter September 2020 Trademark The proper reasons for non-use in Article 63.I.(2) of the Trademark Act do not include the...
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11 Jul2020Newsletter July 2020 Trademark Sharing of Successful Trademark Opposition against Trademark Registration Filed in Bad Faith: G...
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08 May2020Newsletter May 2020 Trademark I.The “Fast Track” system has been implemented and applied to new trademark applications filed on and after May 1, 2020 To en...
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10 Apr2020TIPO’s announcement：Patent and trademark applicants may ask for reinstatement if failing to comply within a statutory time period due to a widespread ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 &nbs...