Beyond the language barrier, there are special considerations in formulating an IP portfolio in Taiwan and China, write Wisdom Law's George J.H. Huang and Foley & Lardner's Kiri Lee Sharon...

A set of Draft Amendments to the Foreign Trade Act aiming to augment sanction on fraudulent origin labeling, or what local media coined as "origin laundering," was approved by the Executive Yuan on May 16, 2019.

Acronym trademarks are widely used by international brands for their simplicity and versatility.

On November 16, 2022, the Taiwan IP Office announced that, from January 2023 onwards, patent and trademarks applicants will be offered the option to receive electronic Patent/Trademark Certificates instead of paper copies.

Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) will hold a public hearing on February 25, 2019 on reforms of administrative appeals system.

The Intellectual Property Court pointed out in a civil litigation against trademark infringement that the exclusive license should be limited to the situations where the trademark owner will not use the licensed trademark.

According to the Trademark Act, the exclusive licensee is entitled to take legal actions against trademark infringement as the trademark owner may take.

It has been a longstanding practice that third parties are allowed to submit comments and evidence of their own accord in pending trademark applications, and there is a noticeable trend that pre-issuance submissions ...

Based upon such recordal, Customs will conduct goods inspection.

According to the IBMOJ's press release, before the launch of the said app, forensic reports in Taiwan were prepared in hard copy.

The statute of limitations for claiming damages for infringement of intellectual property rights is, in principle, two years, with a maximum of ten years ...

One of the most straightforward and cost-effective approaches for a trademark owner to halt infringement is to seek customs border protection.

One of the most straightforward and cost-effective approaches for a trademark owner to halt infringement is to seek customs border protection.

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven many trademark owners to suspend or discontinue using their marks or adjust their business models. Will these activities lead to risk of non-use cancellations in Taiwan?

In this article, we discuss a trade mark case in Taiwan, dealing with confusingly similar trade marks.

On August 5, 2024, the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court (hereinafter the "IP Court") issued its Civil Judgment No. 112-Min-Shang-Su-Zi-54, which analyzes and assesses whether a licensor can terminate a license agreement on the grounds that the licensee has exceeded the scope of the license.

IP warranty & indemnity clauses are legal tools often used by buyers to manage and distribute supply chain risks, in particular IP litigation and associated financial hazards in connection with the seller's products ...

A judgment recently rendered by Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court held that, in the context of non-use cancellation actions, the registrant's trademark use cannot be proved with evidence of use on goods/services "of the same nature."

Under Article 36.1.3 of Taiwan's Trademark Act, a prior user is someone who has been continuously using an identical or similar mark on the same or related goods with good intent since prior...

The rule of international exhaustion is still the benchmark in Taiwan's patent and trademark law regimes to address issues surrounding parallel imports also known as grey market goods.